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  • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com
    101·
    5 months ago

    A couple details this article fails to consider:

    • The law does not directly require a “kill switch”. Just the tech to add and talk to devices that monitor blood alcohol content. Calling it that is just fearmongering, and this capability has been modified into cars for literal decades now. This law simply requires a standard be built around the installation of a device.
    • The law gives no access or control capabilities to law enforcement or government officials
    • There is to date still no mechanism for this device to measure blood alcohol content, which would have to be standardized by EOY for this to make the 2026 date where the earliest vehicles with this requirement can enter the market, because automakers need at least 2-3 years to implement the tech.
    • 18 Republicans voted for this, which was required to pass this bill in the first place. If you have a beef, I suggest taking it up with them.

    This is a shitty law, but it’s not as doom and gloomy as the source makes it out to be.

    • Kaboom@reddthat.comOP
      411·
      5 months ago

      The law lliterally includes the phrase “prevent or limit motor vehicle operation” Thats called a killswitch. Do you need me to grab the entire section?

      • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com
        92·
        5 months ago

        Right but that’s not the “kill switch”. The kill switch would be what detects BAC and responds by preventing or limiting motor vehicle operation.

        In other words, the tech added to cars won’t be the kill switch itself, it’ll enable the installation of one.

        Do you need me to grab the entire section?

        No thanks. Let me know if you need anything else cleared up.