Kinda creepy but as someone who crashed and almost killed themselves when driving too tired... Uhm yeah maybe it helps?
this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2026
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Only drive cars made before Onstar and similar systems were added in the early 90s. They have been tracking you for a long time. But even then you need a license plate, which is constantly collected in most urban areas, stored and sold. It's really impossible to travel anywhere even if you have no phone giving away your location. Flock and all the surveillance systems also tie into the license plate data. Cars began having cell connections and other ways to broadcast data after the onstar type systems were added. Now it's a whole other world with the amount of data cars like Tesla can collect. /OldManRant
Another system to allow hackers into your automobile. The federal government could use the biometric data from car for passport photos. On the other hand, I despise drivers under the influence.
I am driving my 2018 car which doesn’t even have auto stop start until it dies.
Really high quality journalism here.
Really high quality critical thinking in the comment section.
Nothing in the article describes an actual implementation of this technology.
Like, no make or model with it enabled. No examples of it being tested or deployed in any vehicles ahead of schedule. Just a line item from legislation noting the deadline and a mention that manufacturers are resisting it.
I guess that wouldn’t sell in today’s news climate.
Every technology is eventually used against you by the state
It's so difficult to get excited about new tech anymore.
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