Your Car Will Rat You Out

[Lancecastor]

There's a good chance your car's Event Data Recorder will snitch on the way you were driving before an accident.

So if you crash.... Burn the rat bastard.

 

[Pookie]

Torch the bitch seems very appropriate in this situation.

 

[ElizabethWest]

Luigi would never tell on me. He is a loyal steed.

 

[Lancecastor]

Luigi would never tell on me. He is a loyal steed.

He'll roll over like a cheap hooker.

Methyl hydrate in a coffee cup.

 

[Frank1540]

There's a good chance your car's Event Data Recorder will snitch on the way you were driving before an accident.

So if you crash.... Burn the rat bastard.

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It sucks!!! Nosey neighbors, surveillance cameras everywhere ... and now even your car is a snitch. It's getting so you can't even scratch a private itch ... someone may be watching, recording, talking, etc.

 

[warrior queen]

My car has no electronics apart from the ignition system and the stereo.
I'm good.

 

[removed9556]

 

[warrior queen]

Exactly. I don't want any car that can't be repaired, and usually improved, with a spanner and a hammer and a little WD40.

You've seen my toolkit!

 

[lovecraft68]

I'm in no hurry to buy anything with the rear cams, stop so you don't have to, swerve so you don't have to and park so you don't have to.

I don't want a car with the rat in the little black box, nor do I even care if it has a gps or the almighty blue tooth.

I know how to drive, I enjoy driving and these days more than ever because soon, no one will even have to learn how to.

I'm driving a 2012 and I'm going to hold onto it as long as I can because of all this crap in the new ones.

 

[removed9556]

 

[pensivepoet]

If a mechanic can plug into your car to diagnose it, so can law enforcement~and they do.
You say you were doing 50mph when the crash happened.
They plug in and say, "nope. You were going 67"
It's happening.
The auto makers have protested, saying that's not the intended purpose.
LE has said, tough!
The fight will end up in the Supreme Court someday, but for now, yes, even an old car will rat you out. And does.

 

[warrior queen]

Madam! There are ladies present.

Or so rumour has it.

Oh, great. Now they'll all want a 13mm ring spanner too

If a mechanic can plug into your car to diagnose it, so can law enforcement~and they do.
You say you were doing 50mph when the crash happened.
They plug in and say, "nope. You were going 67"
It's happening.
The auto makers have protested, saying that's not the intended purpose.
LE has said, tough!
The fight will end up in the Supreme Court someday, but for now, yes, even an old car will rat you out. And does.

My ex wanted to put fuel injection and computer management into my 35 yr old Ford, and I resisted. I'd rather pay a little more for fuel and stick to the original.

 

[pensivepoet]

I bought a brand new car two yrs ago. Had it one day and took it back. Yes, a miracle in itself that I pulled that off.
I found a '95 ford conversion van with 90k miles.
Been happy ever since.

 

[KarenB59]

14-year-old Ford trucks don't talk.

 

[oggbashan]

If a mechanic can plug into your car to diagnose it, so can law enforcement~and they do.
You say you were doing 50mph when the crash happened.
They plug in and say, "nope. You were going 67"
It's happening.
The auto makers have protested, saying that's not the intended purpose.
LE has said, tough!
The fight will end up in the Supreme Court someday, but for now, yes, even an old car will rat you out. And does.

My ancient Volvos don't have those diagnostics. There is no connection point for the crude computer diagnostics, and no dashboard indications. To diagnose a fault - you press a couple of buttons. It will respond with an audible beep, or two, or three. You then consult the manual to tell you what the beeps mean. If the computer is malfunctioning? Disconnect the battery for five minutes. That's it (except for manually resetting the clock!).

What speed was I doing? It won't tell anyone.

 

[pensivepoet]

Insurance co's are fighting hard for extensive recording systems in all cars.
They say it will protect good drivers.
They will win.
It's a bridge too far for me.
Fekkers

 

[Lancecastor]

This only applies to people with cars around 2001 and newer.

 

[pensivepoet]

This only applies to people with cars around 2001 and newer.

Sorry, but they didn't show up.
You should be more grateful.

 

[oddity83]

Yet one more reason I will stick with trucks that survived the disco age.

 

[MNGuy]

Maybe my dashcam will tell a different story, and confuse the LEOs.

 

[Super-Surprise]

There's a good chance your car's Event Data Recorder will snitch on the way you were driving before an accident.

So if you crash.... Burn the rat bastard.

Looks like Lance is slowly becoming mike yates.

This "news" is years old buddy. Go outside and find Doom to play with.

 

[Noor]

My car is a 2001 and I like it.

 

[Lancecastor]

Looks like Lance is slowly becoming mike yates.

This "news" is years old buddy. Go outside and find Doom to play with.

It speaks! That's twice you've done that.

If you'd like only the freshest things to yell at, try CNN and watch for those "breaking news" banners.

By the way... Do you have any idea how many times a day someone here posts my name?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

How did you know that my other car was a rat rod?