Comment on Your car’s tire sensors could be used to track you

• greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  lots of things are legally mandated without any good evidence.

  Lots of things legally mandated in the past are now unconscionable or illegal now.

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• Delilah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Legal != effective or ethical, that is an unbelievably stupid argument for TPMS.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    LOL who said anything about ethics? This is an unbelievably stupid response.

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    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      indeed, you said this:

      The fact that it was legally mandated is good evidence that it is.

      but their point was laws are not always made with good intentions and safety in mind. that’s not to say TPMS is required for secret surveillance, but that there being a law for it does not immediately mean there’s good purpose for that law.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        indeed, you said this

        Indeed, that had nothing to do with ethics.

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• ragepaw@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What a shockingly wrong take. TPMS is a convenience, not a safety measure, have properly inflated tires is. And, anyone who properly maintains their car, doesn’t need it

  And, it’s not legally mandated everywhere, even if it is for you.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What an incredibly bad take. Indeed, having properly inflated tires is a safety issue. How do you know if they’re properly inflated? Are you checking them every 3 minutes while driving? Because TPMS is…

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    • ragepaw@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Because I was bored

      GIDAS data

      www.ircobi.org/wordpress/downloads/…/2_3.pdf

      It concludes that even if you increased grip, which includes tire pressure variance, by 15%, it would only represent a reduction of 2% of road related fatalities, which is actually within the margin of error.

      While 2% sounds like a lot, GIDAS also shows that tire failures account for less than 1% of road accidents causing death.

      So you’re spending $300 to $500 on a new car for a TPMS which reduces the probability of accidental death by 0.02%.

      And fun fact, most tire related accidents are actually from tread depth, not low pressure, and TPMS will do fuck all to tell you your tread depth is low.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It concludes that even if you increased grip

        It’s nothing to do with grip. In fact, a lower tire pressure will actually increase grip.

        tire failures account for less than 1% of road accidents causing death.

        Oh well if no one died it must not be a safety issue?

        So you’re spending $300 to $500 on a new car for a TPMS

        Uhhh nope, it comes with the car…

        And fun fact, most tire related accidents are actually from tread depth, not low pressure

        So we’re just going to ignore it as a safety issue because it’s not a main cause of collisions?

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    • ragepaw@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Because I am not a complete fucking idiot.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Because I am not a complete fucking idiot.

        Mmmmmm

        You are unaware of the operational aspects of your vehicle and are a danger to the people around you.

        WTF is a “operational aspect”?

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