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Government To Require Vehicle-to-vehicle Communication
An anonymous reader writes "For decades, the focus of auto safety has primarily been on surviving the traumatic impact of crashes through features like air bags and seat belts. But now the focus has shifted to avoiding crashes by developing technology to make future vehicles 'smart' enough to detect and respond to threats, such as an oncoming vehicle. The technology, known as 'vehicle-to-vehicle,' or "V2V," lets cars 'talk' to each other and exchange safety data, such as speed and position. If a nearby car abruptly changes lanes and moves into another car's blind spot, the car would be alerted. Federal transportation officials did not announce when the new regulations would go into effect but said they hope to propose the new V2V rules before President Barack Obama leaves office in January 2017." Combine this with remote kill-switches or pulse guns, Amber-alert scrolling signs, proliferating cameras, automatic plate recognition and unstoppable text messages from on high for some not-so-distant driving dystopia.
They want to Propose the requirements by the time Osama leaves. If the proposal is approved then the requirement can go into effect.
Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are subtle, and quick to anger.
The IRS will tax/fine you if your cars don't conform. The AHA has already made it possible. Or the feds will force the states to enforce it by threatening to withhold federal highway money. There are so many ways to bypass the Constitution.
Heck, we don't even need to get laws passed. The President just issues executive orders. The President just reaffirmed that by suggesting he won't be held back by the legislature.