Over the last century, the Land of the Free has slowly transformed into a land governed by endless laws, largely by cracking down on vices instead of actual crimes, creating a society that would render us all criminals if our behavior were constantly observed. Meanwhile, the state has steadily expanded its use of mass surveillance, largely under the pretext of fighting “terror.”
This is a toxic mixture.
Oh, stop being sensationalist. A car is a car, that’s all it ever will be. It’s clear you didn’t even read the article because its not talking about remote kill switches.
I’m talking about people’s reactions in this thread when they haven’t read the article. All of those people opposing a hypothetical “cop presses a button” remote kill switch are insane.
Private citizens do not have a right to operating a motor vehicle any way they see fit. You license it, you license your skills, you get it looked at periodically and you use it on public roads with the state’s blessing only if you can manage to get along with other people using that same road. There is no sense opposing a kill switch for “freedom”.
We can’t trust cops with their stupid car chases that result in crashes, and their maneuvers for flipping cars over on the freeway.
Oh, stop being sensationalist. A car is a car, that’s all it ever will be. It’s clear you didn’t even read the article because its not talking about remote kill switches.
Cars kill 43 000 people a year in the U.S.
I’m talking about people’s reactions in this thread when they haven’t read the article. All of those people opposing a hypothetical “cop presses a button” remote kill switch are insane.
Private citizens do not have a right to operating a motor vehicle any way they see fit. You license it, you license your skills, you get it looked at periodically and you use it on public roads with the state’s blessing only if you can manage to get along with other people using that same road. There is no sense opposing a kill switch for “freedom”.
We can’t trust cops with their stupid car chases that result in crashes, and their maneuvers for flipping cars over on the freeway.
You give them a killswitch