GM releasing software that tattles on teen drivers
Lidia Retuh wrote 03/25/2015 at 07:35 • 2 pointsYou’ve no doubt heard the annoying “ding” sound when you forget to buckle your seat belt. Well GM is taking things to a whole new level with its “Teen Driver” feature which is set to debut in the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. Parents can program the car to give visual or audible warnings when their teens exceed preset speed limits. The system will also turn off the radio and any connected devices until the driver and any passengers are buckled up. Finally the system will provide the parents with a report card of sorts mentioning any red flags like excessive speeds and instances where the antilock brakes were engaged. We can just imagine the eye rolling and groaning already.
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A good software for teens to help them in a safe driving.
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sounds like obd 3 is right around the corner. This is how we are going to smog test the cars. The cars will test themselves then a report will go to you and to the EPA. GM has been the pioneer of this starting with onstar. These cars already email you if your tire pressure is low. Great to see GM think outside the box with this technology
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sounds great - if this were nazi Germany...
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young drivers are by default Idiots and anyone over about 25-26 will agree, as a fairly agressive male driver in my mid 30's who owns a fairly powerful mid 90's mustang I can openly admit it mashing the gas pedal and excessive speeding at times, the difference being that when I was young I didn't consider lives, futures and safety of the young mother with 2 small children I could potentially kill if I lost control. Now days I only endanger my own life and Consider the potential for carnage at high speeds. In an age of cell phone and ipad obsessed spoiled good for nothing adolescent assholes I think this is a great idea. That way your dad can kick your ass for doing 140mph in mom's malibu last Friday when you were supposed to be playing xbox at a friends.
Let's be honest here and face facts. No one under 19 should be driving. Some youth are safe and can be trusted with the lives of others, most can't.
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So you're only driving this way on a private track now? Otherwise, you're still putting others' lives at risk. You cannot drive outside the prescribed rules anywhere that other people/drivers are present and claim your actions can only endanger your own life.
"No one under 19 should be driving"? So as soon as they turn 20 they'll just have all the skills they need as if by magic then. Got it.
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For teens, I think it's up to their parents.
For everyone else, I'd be A-ok with numeric speed limits being abolished.
Here's a little history lesson: The first speed law was the basic speed law - that it is unlawful to drive at any speed that is imprudent or unsafe. And that's still the law today regardless of any signs.
What happened in the early days was that the local podunk sheriff decided that anything over 5 mi/hr was imprudent. So speed limits were invented as a way to keep a check on irrational law enforcement. If you were driving under the posted limit, you were presumed to be driving prudently, unless that presumption could be rebutted by other factors.
Well, that worked until the local podunk sheriff decided that he had the power to set up the signs.
El Camino Real is the street that runs from Santa Clara up the San Francisco peninsula, ending shortly before the city of San Francisco. For virtually its entire length, it is a 4-6 lane divided highway. Apart from very minor stretches, its essential character does not change at all. However, the posted speed limit ranges anywhere from 25 mi/hr to 45 mi/hr and changes every few miles at the whim of the local police department with jurisdiction.
Speed limits are systematically set too low because they generate revenue for local government. It's another contributing factor to the disrespect and distrust that is frequently shown to the police, and at the same time it diverts police manpower away from more important matters.
Drivers operating in a truly unsafe manner are already breaking the law. We don't need numbers on a sign to handle that.
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great post! additionally it would not give the dumbed down thugs (which LE have become, instead of peace officers) an excuse to roll people and consistently violate their rights (like James Boyd et al.).
before dunn & bradsteet got bought out, they had a free site where you could look up basic D & B queries. my research uncovered that the sheriff's dept., the county court, the fire dept, the treasurer's office were all corporations in my county - not of, by, and for the people - expand that thought to the state and federal government. the skunk called fdr declared and emergency in 1933 and it has never been quashed. the drivers license, property tax, income tax, the draft, etc. are all frauds committed by the ultimate corporate machine called government without our informed consent.
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So whats your take on this then?
Personally, i think its a pretty good idea actually, young drivers just need that little extra help with obeying the road laws, if this can be that help, sure, why not.
For that matter, id b a-ok with this speed limiting system beeing implemented in every single car on the road
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why not let a swat team and bomb/drug sniffing dog toss your home whenever they want - because after all you have nothing to hide. what's good for you is good for the collective, right?
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Me saying im ok with stricter speed limits doesn't at all line up with my house being raided, im guessing your an American, and i fully understand you have virtually 'no rights whatsoever' in the US of A (ha-ha) but over here in Europe we can still spot the difference in different kind of rules & laws, a law against speeding is a completely different story then letting any random government person in your home.
Also, cant deny that i'm quite shocked by your avatar, i guess it explains your view on things, i would wear a stack of tinfoil hats too if i see that kind of shit outside my window.
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it's about personal accountability - not being a child for life governed by the psychopaths and their minions that create and run that system. if they had their way, we wouldn't be breathing much less creating/hacking. my tin foil stock is going up.
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I do get your side of the story, but when it comes down to it, we just have to obey laws, and this is an initiative to make that easier (because your car obeys the laws for you) while at the same time this is still a long ways away from the government telling you how to do every single thing, and stopping you from doing things 'wrong'.
And that's likely never going to happen anyway, because while most people will be fine with this (because it would most likely lower the amount of traffic accidents, and that's always a good thing) a lot more people will be 'on your team' when things go beyond trying to improve life, and instead are obvious ways to monitor the society.
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