ManualF150
.308 Win
There were a lot of good vehicles that went to the crusher because people were dumb.
Biden recently signed into law a requirement that all vehicles produced after 2026 be fitted with a remote kill switch
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jimc
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And a lot of good engines that couldn't be sold out of junkyards since the gov required that they be destroyed.
Tintalieau
.40 S&W
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, .....
Celt
.338 Win Mag
This needs to be undone somehow. All the people with the attitude of I've done nothing wrong so I have nothing to fear are the trouble.
The government needs to be restricted and limited as its grown out of control.
The government needs to be restricted and limited as its grown out of control.
pshift
.338 Win Mag
The 'leits are already working on bypassing this stupidity. There will be a 0-day release to be sure.
Yea, that was an epic fail.
I was thinking more of the DVD CSS scheme that all DVD players were required to implement.
DeCSS - Wikipedia
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If you know then you know.
TEOTWAWKI inc.
.338 Win Mag
spat
.700 Nitro Express
No, that's the encryption key used for the DVD copy protection scheme.
It's twice the size of a mac address.
They tried sending cease and desist letters to any website that string of characters appeared on. It worked about as well as you think it would.
spat
.700 Nitro Express
I'm not going to act, or recommend acting, but I will say that there are a lot of heinous acts that I would no longer fault the perpetrators for.
Tintalieau
.40 S&W
same, I have to look out for me and mine 1st, if it come to my home, or gets FUBAR then i'll do what has to be done to the best of my ability, but old and broken, that ain't much
1075tech
.338 Win Mag
You won't have to wait until '26. Any vehicle with connectivity already has this feature. Onstar which is used in GM and BMW for one.
Acer-m14
.950 JDJ
back in 2019 .. didnt pay for onstar .. no help ..
OnStar faces firestorm over baby in locked car, tries to explain what happened
Social media users lambaste GM's OnStar over its failure to unlock a car with a baby inside.
www.freep.com
spat
.700 Nitro Express
Could be the cell service that it uses for that car was disconnected when the subscription expired.
back in 2019 .. didnt pay for onstar .. no help ..
OnStar faces firestorm over baby in locked car, tries to explain what happened
Social media users lambaste GM's OnStar over its failure to unlock a car with a baby inside.www.freep.com
It's almost certain that GM could have unlocked it, eventually. It's also quite likely that the person on the phone did not have the ability to do that in an reasonable time frame.
Also, "I'll pay whatever it costs" apparently didn't include the cost of a window ? Where was this car that there was nothing capable of breaking the window within reach ? Floating on a raft in the middle of a lake or something ? Rock in hand technology is pretty much universal.
Jsmegs77
.308 Win
My BMW had a cellular box with remote connectivity. Useful for warming the car, checking if the windows were open, doors were unlocked from further away. But, it was based on 3G and hence is no longer operable.
holdover
.475 A&M Magnum
But its just an anti theft device! lol. Until its not. No shot? cant drive cant take the bus, looks like your walking buddy.
This shit is Tyrannical.
This shit is Tyrannical.
ManualF150
.308 Win
Planned obsolescence right there.
Jmac00
.475 A&M Magnum
ya, wait til you're blowing down the expressway at 100+ mph, the cops going to call your car and your going to stop in the middle of the road.
Time to go back to a motorcycle, Im pretty sure we can rip anything stupid out of a scooter
Time to go back to a motorcycle, Im pretty sure we can rip anything stupid out of a scooter
Acer-m14
.950 JDJ
question .. when the auto gets killed switched
does the steering wheel and brakes lock up too .. LOL ..
does the steering wheel and brakes lock up too .. LOL ..
Probably not lock up, but you'll lose the power-assist feature of both.
Most people don't seem capable of handling a vehicle if it isn't power-assist. So once the kill switch is activated, it really will be a "kill switch".
The lawsuits will be epic.
Mr. terzmo
.308 Win
He also is signing into law that all new born males be implanted with a "boner" switch device so that birth control can be dictated by government. Did I say dick' ?
Cavalry
.308 Win
It depends on what "kill" means. Is it shutting off fuel so the engine only idles or is it turning the vehicle off? Many vehicles have electric power steering.
I think it would be more awesome for pursuit stopping purposes to send a signal rapidly turning the steering wheel 20 degrees to the right then full lock to the left while applying full caliper pressure to the rear brakes
Jmac00
.475 A&M Magnum
that feature alone, will add tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of any vehicle. Even electric vehicles.
what needs to happen is the same as with EV's, just don't buy one. They will be cost prohibitive, there is no infrastructure, and the batteries are not capable yet.
Cavalry
.308 Win
It depends on the vehicle. Toyota has had active traction control for almost 20 years that can modulate or even lock up a single caliper in the system. GM has stibilitrac which is similar, I am sure all the other brands have their own version.. Anything with "lane assist" has the capability for the BCM to control the steering. If the hardware is there is just programming.
STS556
.223 Rem
As with any electrical system on a car, anything can be bypassed. For example, you can not type anything into a navigation system while the car is in drive. Cars have to be parked and even a few have to have the parking brake engaged before you can type in a destination. There are work arounds for almost any make of car to bypass this feature. Same with the annoying TPMS system. This can be disabled on a lot of car manufacturers but not all. Let these lawmakers have any useless monitoring system installed on a car. A way to bypass it will be found quickly.
spat
.700 Nitro Express
With a modern ECM it's likely the code just sets the throttle to 0% and then cuts the engine once the speed drops close enough to zero.
Basically you would coast to a stop with full power steering and brakes.
Alternatively it just puts the transmission in neutral no matter what you do. They're all electronically shifted now, that big lever no longer moves anything other than a switch.
ArmedCorgi
.475 A&M Magnum
Oh it won't be for them, just the rest of us.
spat
.700 Nitro Express
They won't be making special models of car for the police.
They will all have the same computers as the "civilian" models. They will just count on having control of the off switch.
But I bet the keys to that switch get hacked and distributed pretty quickly.
I think man y will be surprised that many vehicles already have this "feature" built in. They are only announcing things now, after it was done.
GM has had it for years.