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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (10 children)

Replace seat belts with piano wire and make air bags with 50x the explosive charge but replace the airbag with ball bearings.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 40 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Instead of patching over the rising costs, maybe we can move to living in communities that aren't so dependent on such a costly, depreciating asset for every home?

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (10 children)

If we took every conservative on the planet and put them on an island together, how long do you think it would take before the cannibalism and incest kicked in?

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 5 points 2 days ago

It would start before they got dropped off.

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[–] Botunda@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago

Jesus fuck! What the fuck is it with these fuckers!?!? really? Cars are too safe!??! WTF?

I am guessing they want to deregulate the safety laws so that they can take the money that they spend on it and stick it into their pockets and still keep the price of cars the same!

[–] Sirdubdee@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Tbh, it would be kind of nice if sensors weren’t put in easily damaged areas of cars. They’re part of why bumpers and tailgates are so much more expensive. I wonder if cars could have all the safety features using a couple little LIDAR and camera packages instead of chips on every piece of plastic.

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[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (10 children)

I’m sure others in the thread are having a tough time embracing that they agree with Crus a little on this.

Stop shoving shot down our throats. That’s what I want to say to car companies.

ZERO computers!

I want MANUAL WINDOWS!

Manual locks.

ZERO SCREENS!!

I drive the last car mass produced with manual windows and manual locks.

It has 150k miles. Runs great.

There is zero tracking agents on it.

It’s just a car.

I was thinking about this the other day. I don’t need a car that goes over 40mph. I could get to work and get home. A literal Model T would do.

We need to look backwards for common sense.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Buy motorcycles. Problem solved.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Motorcycles now all have TFT screens and a variety of computer-controlled riding aids.

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[–] nukeforyou@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just want cars to stop spying on me, just because I sit in the passenger seat does not mean I give permission to track and sell data about me

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

To be fair, you really shouldn't be driving from the passenger seat

[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Definitely Not The Onion material. Heck, you could almost convince me that this is The Onion.

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[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The mandatory safety features are required because the mandatory fuel economy features mean more aero dynamic cars with worse visibility. We have mandatory fuel economy on cars so dumb big ass trucks can just guzzle gas like there's no tomorrow. We can't have regular sized trucks that get decent fuel economy for some reason that has to do with chickens.

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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I agree with them whole heartedly. When they remove seat belts, they need to be the first to become a pavement puddle.

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