"Ain’t no snitches riding with us
Ol mo the mouth n***as could holler the front" - Lil’ Wayne
Ford trying to patent a way to bankrupt themselves for when no one ever buys another ford ever again.
Either that or it would be so lucrative we could fund universal healthcare
Except we all know it would fund cool new guns and tanks for your local municipality.
How is this bad? Speeding is a huge problem ever since the Fast & Furious movies made young guys think it’s cool to drive 180km/h through cities.
Do you think no one sped before fast and the furious a movie famously inspired by people driving like assholes on city streets?
No. But asshole drivers speeding, driving under the influence, running traffic stop lights/signs are still killing themselves and others at an impressive clip. And show no signs of slowing down - pun intended.
You would think that killing enough of those dumbasses would improve the breed like Darwin says it should. But nope.
You do realize the police will jump at the opportunity to give you a ticket for going 1 mph above the limit for 5 seconds while overtaking ?
Perhaps in rare cases. But most polices can’t be arsed to make a traffic stop for all but the most egregious instances. Otherwise you probably would have a few hundred tickets yourself.
In this case they wouldn’t have to make a traffic stop. In my country they would still have to fill some paperwork which might dissuade them (except if they need to keep their numbers up) but I’m sure there are some places where they could legally automate that shit
Douchebags have been speeding since before FAF
But it’s bad because say traffic is going 20 over the speed limit. You go with it since that’s safer than going the speed limit. Then you get a ticket for it?
That’s not speeding, which means recklessly driving like a madman - and 20 mph over is not a small amount when the limit is 55.
The „it’s not illegal if everybody does it“ defence also isn’t going to help you. Because it’s the slipperiest of slopes.
I go over the limit sometimes, too, and when I get caught I pay the fine like an adult, instead of making up childish excuses why it was actually fine to do so.
And anyway, the fines are adjusted by how much you went over, if you just slightly go over, it’s cheaper.
So in summary, you’re an idiot and I hope you get caught doing something really bad soon,
The safest speed to drive is the speed of traffic. It’s not that “everyone’s doing it” is an excuse, it’s literally the safest and therefore most ethical choice.
The problem is that a lot pf times the limit is a joke. It needs to be set what is actually safe, not arbitrarily low to create speed traps or whatever. There’s really no reason an interstate that’s more or less straight for 100 miles should be limited to 55/60. People are not going to stick to that because they can safely go a lot faster (depending on traffic obviously) but then you have others who will rigidly adhere to the speed limit while ignoring proper lane usage. The combination of the two types of driver create dangerous bottlenecks where you have congestion and people weaving in and out to get past slower drivers.
Fixing the speed limit would at least eliminate the issues caused by people using as a justification to drive slower than the rest of traffic in whatever lane they want. The next step would be to enforce properly keeping right if you are not passing which is what is responsible for a lot of the dangerous congestion people encounter on the road.
As for what Ford is doing either way it’s stupid but if they’re going to do that why not just make the system limit the top speed to whatever the current speed limit is instead? You know, actually fix the “problem”.
Are they trying to make cars undesirable?
It’s an absolute win win.
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If they patent it, no one else can use the same system in the same way. So it’s contained to Ford.
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If they don’t end up using it. It’s simply a safeguard that no one else can either.
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If they do end up using it, people will shy away from Ford, making the roads safer for everyone.
As I said. Win win. This is fantastic news.
What if legislation says the feature needs to be added. And then everyone’s forced to buy a license from Ford to make it happen?
No one would be forced to buy a license from Ford. IF they decide it has to be on every car, and it’s that specific system, they would have to buy it out from Ford.
But legislation like that doesn’t happen over night. It’s planned several years in advance so everyone has time to implement it.
But if that’s what you’re worries about. I suggest you vote for whomever is opposed to it. And if no one is opposed. I suggest you protest.
