[ThatGeoGuy]

I'm not sure why this is the consistent take. We have e-scooters and bikes with limiters on speed, why would this be materially different than cars?

It's not like it needs to slam on the brake, it just needs to disengage acceleration past a certain speed. This isn't new grounds for tech and it is _currently_ deployed on our streets.

I'm not sure what the panic over this is, if anything this is a good thing - why should passenger vehicles go 200+ km/h anyways? Why isn't a more reasonable limit imposed, for cars that spend 99% of their time in an urban centre? What actual road is engineered to even support that kind of speed?

[worewood]

The limits on ebikes are to prevent battery and motor overheating and catching fire.

[NoPicklez]

And the limits that could be imposed on cars are to prevent people from crashing and killing others and exceeding the speed limit.

I don't see the difference, they're both valid reasons to reduce speed.

[behringer]

Because I tell machines what to do. I don't take orders from a computer.

[atoav]

It is not an order. You tell it what to do and it responds with: "No". To the benefit of the rest of us who have to live with what you "tell" to machines.

[mrmanner]

It’s not even that it says “no”, in most cases it will be you tell it what to do and it does that while flashing a light on the dashboard to indicate that it may be illegal

[imtringued]

The orders come from humans and the machine is informing you that you are breaking the law.

[imtringued]

No they are purely regulatory. Most S pedelects are just pedelecs whose software limit was unlocked.

[palmetieri2000]

Absolutely incorrect at least in Australia, they are entirely to manage speed in pedestrian areas.

[solarkraft]

and violating local laws

[koonsolo]

Let's do a joke where we go on the highway, and some people in the back pull out a painted sign with (30). Camera of the car behind you detects it and breaks. I can see such shenanigans happening.

[solarkraft]

You seem to think that car manufacturers are extremely stupid

[koonsolo]

No I think that AI roadsign recognition is extremely stupid.

[solarkraft]

Thus you can assume it won't be relied on or its flaws will be adequately mitigated.

[koonsolo]

One of the most important things I learned during my short 43 years of life: Assumption is the mother of all fuckups.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg4trPZFUwc