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The Guy With The Goats
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Ford trying to patent system that reports speeding vehicles to police
Well... who would have guessed that a company that championed ridiculously fast cars and sells 500+HP monstrosities would pull this dystopian bullshit?
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Yesterday, 11:01 PM | #2 |
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Good way to never sell another vehicle again.
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Yesterday, 11:29 PM | #3 |
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Now that we have the technology I really see no reason for any vehicle to be able to go over 85 mph
It would save hundreds of thousands of lives per year It would be suicide for Ford though. People would just stop buying their cars/trucks. Last edited by BWillie; Yesterday at 11:41 PM.. |
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Yesterday, 11:38 PM | #4 |
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I wonder if Ford is playing 4D chess here. If you have a patent on such technology, nobody else (in theory) would be able to develop a similar system without licensing it from you. Ford already sells a ton of vehicles to police departments, which would likely be the real customer of such a system. I doubt they were thinking of equipping consumer vehicles with this.
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Yesterday, 11:45 PM | #5 |
The Guy With The Goats
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Why is access to that technology your lynchpin for vehicles being limited to 85?
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Today, 12:04 AM | #6 |
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I tracked down the patent and it looks like it does apply to 'law enforcement`, 'emergency vehicles' and 'autonomous vehicles' which are referenced in the examples. The patent does seem broad enough to cover consumer vehicles as well, but that isn't illustrated or referenced specifically.
https://www.patentguru.com/US20240239352A1 The mention of autonomous vehicles is interesting. I could see a scenario where an agency would purchase several autonomous vehicles with this system and set them loose on a highway. in that case these would essentially be mobile speed traps. |
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YOU take YOUR seat
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Let's just go full reerun with it, for safety sake! |
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Today, 04:20 AM | #8 |
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This tech exists and is used abroad . We are in Italy and it is here
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Today, 05:46 AM | #9 |
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Ford is a piece of shit run company whose stock is trash for 25 years.
Worst run auto company in the world. |
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Today, 05:46 AM | #10 |
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I have alway thought cars should have a dart and flag system.. Whenever you see someone do something stupid you shoot a dart with a flag on it at their car.. when that idiot driver gets 7 flags the cops pull them over and they loose their license for a year..
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