The EU-SSR is at it again - Want to introduce remote stopping of cars as standard!

And no one will use it for mischief.

 

Just wait till DMV gets to turn it off for not being current with registration fees...

 

Welcome to the fight.

That "Big Government" stuff is all well and good until they start trammeling on YOUR rights, huh?

Me?
I don't have a problem with an automotive "remote stop" switch, but then I usually keep my inspection stickers, insurance, registration, taxes, and licenses in order.
Furthermore, I prefer to drive on roads where scofflaws are held somewhat in check.
I've seen the aftermath of a high-speed chase gone wrong, where somebody is turned into road-pizza for having done nothing more than lose the "wrong place-wrong time" lottery.
The "remote stop" technology that they're tinkering with here is safe, effective, and legal.
If you're a Fourth Amendment advocate who doesn't want to "pay for this injustice?"

...stick to PRIVATE roads.
I don't like having to pay for TPMS because people are too stupid to check their tires. I also don't like having to pay for a VET system because people are too stupid to keep their cars in good working order. If everybody did what they were SUPPOSED to do, I also wouldn't have to pay the "stupid tax" every time I bought tires, oil, cars, light bulbs, etc.

I'm not much of a nanny-state government kind of guy, but a remote-stop feature?
Heck no.
I don't have ANY problem with that AT ALL.

It's like red-light cameras, or sobriety checkpoints.
If you REALLY WANT to fight those injustices????
It's easy!!!!
....just stop when the little light turns red, and don't drive drunk.
It works every time!

 

If they can impose odd-even rationing for sprinkling your lawn or fueling your car, this would allow odd-even day vehicle usage.

 

Always keep a 'points and coil' car available.
If you don't know what that is,, good.

 

The technology to turn a car off has been available for many years here in the USA. It's in every GM vehicle that has OnStar. Stolen Vehicle Slowdown & Assistance - Auto Security System - OnStar

 

The OnStar thing is a private system, only the owner can authorize to stop the car, not the government or any agency.
BTW, the proposed OBDIII system also has this capability.

 

Well, it sounds like you're at least a decade away from this potential reality manifesting in any degree. So you've got plenty of time to worry about it...or not worry about it.

I honestly don't know how I feel about it.

My gut instinct when presented with the idea, is that I don't like the idea of an "outside" entity having the power to turn off my personally owned vehicle.

I also think the technology would have a lot of hurdles to jump through. Can you guarantee me that some brilliant but adolescent computer geeks aren't going to figure out how to make their own home version of the police stop signaler, and then reek havoc stopping cars while hiding in bushes? Could become really dangerous.

That being said, as a specific tool of law enforcement it's hard to argue against. For a community or just on the highway, there is almost nothing more dangerous than a desperate, nothing to lose criminal being chased at high speeds. The idea that the police could curtail those type of situations easily and quickly? Well hard to dislike that reality.

I think if you could guarantee me it would never be abused or used in any other manner, I'd have to say OK. BUT..BUT...I don't think there is anyway anyone can give me that guarantee, so I have to ultimately say...No to the Police Kill Switch.

 

In related news (bold emphasis mine):

"The Department of Transportation announced on Monday it was moving forward with the steps necessary to one day mandate vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technology on light automobiles."

U.S. One Step Closer To Future Where Cars Talk To Each Other : The Two-Way : NPR

 

I am with you there GC. It seems we no longer have control of our borders, not being able to stop people coming in and having no say in who we can deport. Also no power to stop people being extradited for crimes they commit in this country. At the rate we are going we will not need a government as they will have no power to do anything.

John (Britprius)

 

The legal ways hurt it more. Outsourcing jobs to other countries, and private prison labor.

 

Yeah, I don't want them, for the reasons I stated.

That being said, if some loser leads police on a high speed chase through a residential neighborhood, I'm going to wish the police could press a button and make his car stop.

But since the inevitable cost of such a wonderful possibility, is working towards a future where The Police can press a button and make anyones and everyones vehicle stop...that is simply too high and too dangerous a price to pay.