Tweet reports a 2026 car cut power after failing to detect the driver's eyes, sparking 78.9% support and privacy-safety fears as 2027 kill-switch mandates loom.
American was driving a brand new 2026 car The car gave her an alert that said it couldn’t see her eyes. The car then automatically disabled the gas and slowed down enough that it could have caused an accident She had to lean toward so the car’s facial recognition could register her eyes and stop the “kill switch” because the car thought she might be asleep “It was a 6 lane highway and all of a sudden the gas stopped working and I'm pressing on the gas. I can't get the car to go. So the car is dinging, it's making all this noise and I can't figure out what's going on. And I look at the dashboard and in English it says, sit up straight. We can't find your eyes. Why? Why do you need to see my eyes? — when I sat upright, the gas would work once again. And so I pressed the gas, but I was slowing down enough that it was gonna cause a traffic hazard. And the thing is, it knew I wasn't asleep because I was pressing on the gas. So it knew I was awake. It just wanted to see my eyes. So once I set upright and leaned forward, I guess it did facial recognition. And then it says, may I send you these results to a third party” This is horrifying considering the new mandate to have kill switches in every new vehicle by 2027. It looks like it’s already happening but overseas, we’re just next This technology can and will be abused by the government
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, a 4th Amendment violation and an unacceptable collection of biometric data for manufacturers or government.
false positives, glare, shadows or sensor failures could force cars to brake or shut down, triggering pileups or fatal outcomes.
a tool to silence dissent, disable targeted drivers, or enforce compliance, not genuine safety improvements.
they can fail for people who wear prescription sunglasses, have certain eye shapes, short stature, disabilities, or cultural differences in facial features.
and manufacturers will be forced to change course.
, arguing automakers and regulators will be held liable when systems kill power or cause crashes.
these systems—mechanics, OBD devices, and third‑party hacks will proliferate, creating new safety and legal hazards.
justifies the technology and that impaired‑driver detection can save lives if implemented carefully.
are framed as necessary safety improvements.
they want verifiable evidence before believing the claim.
(some say 2011/2022), and you can often turn the system off.
are argued to be the actual problem, not the car.
if someone drives oddly, and proposals like breathalyzers or touch-based checks raise medical/privacy concerns.
plus jokey complaints (farts embedding in cloth seats) highlight annoyance and edge-case worries.
a worry about control rather than safety.
or dismiss the original poster with crude jokes, shifting the debate into hostility.
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of the 4th amendment. Trump needs to have this case before SCOTUS immediately. 4th amendment says The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shal
These kill switches are going to cause more harm than good. This is government overreach plain and simple.
ruth: "Safety tech isn't about protection; it's about control. When algorithms override your physical input, you don't own the machine. If a sensor can't see you, Reality doesn't matter to the software. It’ll kill your engine on a crowded highway because the code values its data
Funny, I never seem to have a problem with my car.....
My Lexus has this, but you can turn it off completely. In fact, you can turn off every safety option that could control the car.
ost along with your expressions proved why vehicles have to have this feature. Now I know many people are taking this as some government movement or Terminator kind of shit, but the reality is, if you would've been using proper driving posture, this wouldn't have happened. And t
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