For your own good
Transportation secretary says cell phones are too dangerous and that devices will be installed in cars to disable them. Did I fall asleep and wake up as an extra in the movie Demolition Man?
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November 17th, 2010 at 10:14 am
I suppose Government Motors owned OnStar would get an exception
November 17th, 2010 at 10:58 am
Of course. Fortunately I own an older car that would be very expensive for them to pay and outfit…. This reminds me of the helicopter mounted automobile kill system that was being advocated by law enforcement a few years ago. For some reason they though that it would not be abused… All I am trying to do is figure out how they plan to keep the jammers from leaking outside the car. Start jamming people who are walking down the street and just wait for the uproar…. My guess is that onstar will be required in all new cars with a lifetime subscription tacked to the overall cost of the car….
November 17th, 2010 at 11:05 am
I know the first thing that will get disabled in my car, and it ain’t my cell phone.
Although, cell phone jammers are illegal for people to own, so if one is installed in a car I own, am I breaking the law?
November 17th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
Of course, police vehicles will just have to be exempted. Cause, police have all that professional training and such.
How much of a stir will it cost when someone has run off the road, bleeding but can’t call 911?
November 17th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Firs up, say what you want about the driver (I’ll say fucking with the HVAC controls and the radio will offer more danger than chatting with somebody on a hands-free…or even with one hand on the road) But the passengers now all can’t use their phones? Yeah that’ll fly!
Also say what you will about the “Uncontrolled Acceleration” story (I say Hoax) but there have been several stories of people who have called 911 because their car WOULDN’T stop. So even if you make this jammer only work at high-speeds it still would cause problems.
November 17th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Someone will make a fortune selling a jammer jammer to jam the jammer that is jamming your phone.
Then the government will demand jammer jammer jammers to combat the jammer jammers and allow the jammers to work.
It’s a vicious cycle.
November 17th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Suddenly I’ve got an idea for a new company.
November 17th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
The school administration here was talking about putting those on the buses a couple of years ago, but ran into the same issue of leakage beyond the vehicle, plus it would keep the kids from using theirs. I, um, don’t have a jammer (as far as anyone knows) but if I did it would have a range upward of 10m, which would play all kinds of hell. In the car I’d be afraid mine would break.
My 10 Mustang has a bluetooth in it that I’ve paired to my phone; when the phone rings, I hit a button on the steering wheel and it comes through the stereo. It’s just like talking to a passenger. Haven’t had any fatal accidents so far.
November 17th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Ravenwood, I had a radar detector that had a radar detector detector built in!
I guess some states radar detectors are illegal, but mine had a built in gizmo that if it felt itself getting “pinged” by law enforcement it would go silent until the threat passed. Kinda silly.
November 17th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
A little overkill, but since when have I advocated moderation? http://www.amazon.com/Klein-63050-2-Inch-Leverage-Cutter/dp/B0000302X1
November 18th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Wait a second… don’t parents give teenage drivers cell phones to “protect themselves” in case of an emergency instead of ya know, common sense? How is this supposed to be safer again?