Technology

My utv detects the seatbelt. If you don't click in the seatbelt, it limits speed to like 10mph and limits the hp. Sometimes I'm tooling in the yard or getting it unstuck and I need full HP but also need to get in and out of the vehicle. Someone made a cute little bypass that took 5 minutes to install. Works like a charm. Now, when I'm driving on a road, I buckle up, but when I'm plowing the snowy driveway I don't.

How do I learn to be a FOSS developer so I can start working on firmware/software replacements for vehicles?

For anyone thinking they can just cover it or something...

Those cameras are for detecting distracted and tired drivers. They run special AI models that track eye movent and other queues. Covering them will obviously be detected by so will be putting a picture in front of it.

When it detects it's disabled a warning light will light on the dashboard. For now it's not specifically forbidden to cover it but the warning light may mean issues when passing technical revisions. In case of an accident insurance may also treat it as a proof that you were at fault. For now it's all just speculation as the rules are new but most likely it will go this way.

Score one more point for fucking bikes, Jesus...

Now about all those CCTVs

The only option to avoid this is to agree to the "Crotch Cam" as a secondary feature, when purchasing. No salesman will visit your home. /s

I'm in the US where this is coming soon enough. My car is a 2012 which seems like kind of a sweet spot, but it's not going to last forever especially with our winters and road salt and pot holes.

I didn't plan to buy a new car any time soon but have been thinking about my eventual next choice. All this BS has me wondering whether it's better to get something soon without the next level of surveillance, or wait a few years and see how bad it is in practice and how it can be disabled.

That 2012 I mentioned is fun to drive, has low mileage for its age, and is fuel efficient, plus I have renewed my love of working on my own vehicles after not doing so for a decade or two. I'm currently doing work on the brakes. Maybe I'll just have to try to make it live forever, and not give any more money to the whole damn industry as long as possible. That's the most economically and environmentally friendly option, after all.

Can you put tape over the camera?

And politicians in germany are wondering why the car industry is collapsing. Ain't nobody can afford those european cars if there are a gajillion unnecessary regulations making cars obnoxiously expensive. And slapping massive tarrifs on Chinese cars which are a lot cheaper kills the remaining incentive to buy a new car, especially when nowadays it is necessary to reduce the amount of ICE cars and accelerate adoption of EVs. Dumb fckn politicians.

Time to buy a Daimler-Benz W123 240D (OM616) with 53 kW (72 hp) and a 4-spd manual. Yep, that's all I need.

Nope, fuck-no, not even close. Never going to fucking happen. I have dashcams inside (pointed out) but I keep the mic muted because I don't need any of my ramblings recorded publicly.... (I also have it set not to record speed.. for obvious reasons)

The U.S. as well