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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

For example, if I’m in the middle of the woods camping and drinking, should I be able to drive my car to escape a forest fire?

The problem, of course, being that if an emergency override of any kind exists for such situations- then that override can always be used, making the restrictions null and void. which means all systems were simply added cost and maintenance headaches passed onto the consumer for zero net benefit.

Sure maybe they could make an always online system like onStar that would let you request an override to be reviewed by a person… but that’s fucking hilarious to think any manufacturer is going to take on that cost, they’d make it a mandatory subscription for some stupid AI override bot, and that is an even bigger pile of fucking nope.

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