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Re: Truth About Mandatory 'Safety Device' Biden Signed Into Law - This Is the Power Government Wants Over You
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Jan 2, 2023, 5:45:03 AM1/2/23
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zinn <zi...@reno.us> wrote:
>
> Joe Biden is the number 1 enemy of the United States of America.
>
Many Americans are unaware that buried in the Democrats’ 2021
infrastructure bill is a measure to take just a little more of
our freedom away from us that liberals have been trying to force
on car manufacturers for years.
With President Biden’s signature on bill in November of 2021,
they finally got it.
The Democrats sold the measure as a “safety device” to prevent
drunk driving, one they will now force every car maker to add to
every new vehicle starting in 2026. The device is a remote kill
switch that could allow the government, the police, and car
makers to disable your car from the comfort of their offices to
prevent you from using it.
Alarmingly, the language in the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act is somewhat vague. It does not fully describe what this
device will be able to do, if it doubles as a monitoring device
outside the legislation, and how and when it can be used against
citizens.
All the bill says on page 135 is that the device must “passively
monitor the performance of a driver of a motor vehicle to
accurately identify whether that driver may be impaired” and
“prevent or limit motor vehicle operation if an impairment is
detected.”
The devices are also to be mandatory.
This is little but a limit on freedom and a personal privacy
nightmare.
The language in the bill means that the system is “passive,”
meaning it is always on and cannot be shut off. It also means
that the device will be able to completely shut down your
privately-owned vehicle against your will and without your say.
It all sounds like a new level of state-sponsored surveillance.
As former Rep. Bill Barr wrote at the The Daily Caller shortly
after Biden signed the bill, there is a lack of clarity to all
this. What if a driver is drowsy and not drunk, but is locked
out of his vehicle before being able to get to a hotel or other
safe place to take a nap?
The operation of cars will be in the hands of computer
algorithms. And as we have seen with how badly algorithms work
on social media, how can that fill anyone with any confidence?
The legislation has also not been vetted for its
constitutionality. Will this intrusion into our lives and this
curtailment of freedom pass muster with the Fifth or Sixth
amendments? The former assures the right not to self-incriminate
and the latter is the right to face one’s accuser.
There is another problem with this legislation. Definitions of
“impairment” can vary by state. Can these devices tell the
difference from one state or locality to another? And what does
“impairment” even mean? Legally drunk? Or does the “passive”
device have its own standards?
The legislation also does not exactly specify who will be
collecting this data. Will it include locations that drivers
were driving through? And, will this data be held against you if
your car had been shut off one time too many? Will you be
prevented from getting a license or buying another car if the
shut-off had been employed a certain number of times?
Related: Biden Posts Gloating Video Signing 65 Bills - There's
One Glaring Problem
And if not now, how can we be assured this won’t be added to the
capabilities later? Like the problems with Big Tech, this
legislation is fraught with issues and unanswered questions.
Also, will this data be sold to advertisers and other entities
that can use the data to enrich themselves? Is this just going
to be another case of an invasion of our privacy like Google or
Facebook?
This is not to even mention how this legislation curtails our
freedom of movement and condemns us to potential punishment
without a trial or charges being leveled against us in a court.
There is yet another major problem with this “law.” It doesn’t
even tell us what sort of technology will be employed in these
switches. Indeed, the law leaves the technical details to the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to
determine over the next few years. And so far, the actual
technology does not quite exist.
Those involved in this new law have tried to wave off criticism.
Jeffrey Michael, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University’s
Center for Injury Research and Policy, told the AP in a March
report that the devices won’t be able to be accessed by the
police. As one of those involved in developing the tech, he
claims the devices are not supposed to be for law enforcement
use.
“I’ve been associated with this technology since the beginning
of its development and it has always been viewed as a prevention
device rather than an enforcement device,” Michael said, adding
that the new legislation has “nothing to do with giving law
enforcement access to a kill switch.”
According to the AP, Robert Strassburger, president and CEO of
the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety, claimed the NHTSA
is pursuing rules that would prevent third parties from gaining
access to the devices.
But neither Michael’s nor Strassburger’s assurances are
reflected in the law itself because it does not preclude law
enforcement or third parties from having access to the mandated
devices. Indeed, the actual law is silent on those issues,
meaning anything could happen and anything could change after
implementation.
Finally, there is the problem of hackers and software bugs. Will
hackers be able to brick your car unless you pay them to release
control of the vehicle? Will future software updates contain
bugs that will shut you down while you are driving and cause
life-threatening accidents, like the dangers of the supposed
self-driving technology that have already been so problematic?
Since there was never any debate in Congress about these issues,
there won’t be any answers to them until we are already
suffering the ill effects of the law. This was all very ill-
conceived. But it is just another example of how regulations
that limit our freedoms are slid into massive bills over and
over again with no debate on their merits.
We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism.
Read our editorial standards.
Tags: Automobile, big government, Congress, Democrats,
economics, federal government, Joe Biden, Overregulation, the
economy, Washington D.C., White House
<https://www.westernjournal.com/truth-mandatory-safety-device-
biden-signed-law-power-government-wants/#insticator-commenting>
zinn <zi...@reno.us> wrote:
>
> Joe Biden is the number 1 enemy of the United States of America.
>
Many Americans are unaware that buried in the Democrats’ 2021
infrastructure bill is a measure to take just a little more of
our freedom away from us that liberals have been trying to force
on car manufacturers for years.
With President Biden’s signature on bill in November of 2021,
they finally got it.
The Democrats sold the measure as a “safety device” to prevent
drunk driving, one they will now force every car maker to add to
every new vehicle starting in 2026. The device is a remote kill
switch that could allow the government, the police, and car
makers to disable your car from the comfort of their offices to
prevent you from using it.
Alarmingly, the language in the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act is somewhat vague. It does not fully describe what this
device will be able to do, if it doubles as a monitoring device
outside the legislation, and how and when it can be used against
citizens.
All the bill says on page 135 is that the device must “passively
monitor the performance of a driver of a motor vehicle to
accurately identify whether that driver may be impaired” and
“prevent or limit motor vehicle operation if an impairment is
detected.”
The devices are also to be mandatory.
This is little but a limit on freedom and a personal privacy
nightmare.
The language in the bill means that the system is “passive,”
meaning it is always on and cannot be shut off. It also means
that the device will be able to completely shut down your
privately-owned vehicle against your will and without your say.
It all sounds like a new level of state-sponsored surveillance.
As former Rep. Bill Barr wrote at the The Daily Caller shortly
after Biden signed the bill, there is a lack of clarity to all
this. What if a driver is drowsy and not drunk, but is locked
out of his vehicle before being able to get to a hotel or other
safe place to take a nap?
The operation of cars will be in the hands of computer
algorithms. And as we have seen with how badly algorithms work
on social media, how can that fill anyone with any confidence?
The legislation has also not been vetted for its
constitutionality. Will this intrusion into our lives and this
curtailment of freedom pass muster with the Fifth or Sixth
amendments? The former assures the right not to self-incriminate
and the latter is the right to face one’s accuser.
There is another problem with this legislation. Definitions of
“impairment” can vary by state. Can these devices tell the
difference from one state or locality to another? And what does
“impairment” even mean? Legally drunk? Or does the “passive”
device have its own standards?
The legislation also does not exactly specify who will be
collecting this data. Will it include locations that drivers
were driving through? And, will this data be held against you if
your car had been shut off one time too many? Will you be
prevented from getting a license or buying another car if the
shut-off had been employed a certain number of times?
Related: Biden Posts Gloating Video Signing 65 Bills - There's
One Glaring Problem
And if not now, how can we be assured this won’t be added to the
capabilities later? Like the problems with Big Tech, this
legislation is fraught with issues and unanswered questions.
Also, will this data be sold to advertisers and other entities
that can use the data to enrich themselves? Is this just going
to be another case of an invasion of our privacy like Google or
Facebook?
This is not to even mention how this legislation curtails our
freedom of movement and condemns us to potential punishment
without a trial or charges being leveled against us in a court.
There is yet another major problem with this “law.” It doesn’t
even tell us what sort of technology will be employed in these
switches. Indeed, the law leaves the technical details to the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to
determine over the next few years. And so far, the actual
technology does not quite exist.
Those involved in this new law have tried to wave off criticism.
Jeffrey Michael, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University’s
Center for Injury Research and Policy, told the AP in a March
report that the devices won’t be able to be accessed by the
police. As one of those involved in developing the tech, he
claims the devices are not supposed to be for law enforcement
use.
“I’ve been associated with this technology since the beginning
of its development and it has always been viewed as a prevention
device rather than an enforcement device,” Michael said, adding
that the new legislation has “nothing to do with giving law
enforcement access to a kill switch.”
According to the AP, Robert Strassburger, president and CEO of
the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety, claimed the NHTSA
is pursuing rules that would prevent third parties from gaining
access to the devices.
But neither Michael’s nor Strassburger’s assurances are
reflected in the law itself because it does not preclude law
enforcement or third parties from having access to the mandated
devices. Indeed, the actual law is silent on those issues,
meaning anything could happen and anything could change after
implementation.
Finally, there is the problem of hackers and software bugs. Will
hackers be able to brick your car unless you pay them to release
control of the vehicle? Will future software updates contain
bugs that will shut you down while you are driving and cause
life-threatening accidents, like the dangers of the supposed
self-driving technology that have already been so problematic?
Since there was never any debate in Congress about these issues,
there won’t be any answers to them until we are already
suffering the ill effects of the law. This was all very ill-
conceived. But it is just another example of how regulations
that limit our freedoms are slid into massive bills over and
over again with no debate on their merits.
We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism.
Read our editorial standards.
Tags: Automobile, big government, Congress, Democrats,
economics, federal government, Joe Biden, Overregulation, the
economy, Washington D.C., White House
<https://www.westernjournal.com/truth-mandatory-safety-device-
biden-signed-law-power-government-wants/#insticator-commenting>
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