• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’m surprised they didn’t just require manufacturers to install acceleration limiters and remote kill switches. Hopefully they never do.

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      3 months ago

      Speed limiters on commercial trucks already exist. They could be applied to private cars too. Not sure why, on public roads, there is much of a reason to drive 100 miles per hour. Many cars can go beyond that.

      I agree about a remote kill switch. That has too high a potential to be abused. A limiter though, one that was fixed and not variable based on anything, would be fine I think.

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      3 months ago

      I would 100% support electronic speed limiters and acceleration limiters on public roads.

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          3 months ago

          There are probably 1000x more situations where you accelerate into a crash, rather than out of one. Slow cars are safe cars.

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            3 months ago

            Just chiming in to say I see your point. Slower cars allow for more reaction time, and therefore safer reactions.