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by serf 986 days ago
Another underlying problem with that kind of gatekeeping are the dangerous scenarios that can happen when the Jeep decides erroneously not to start due to a sensor anomaly.

It's a virtue that a car continues to operate when all the warning signs and buzzers are going off; this means that the human in charge is left in ultimate control of the situation and there doesn't need to be any complex umbrella structuring of liability -- this allows a driver to safely drive away from a dangerous tidal wave/assault/lava flow/whatever even if their seat belt sensor is broken ; this is very important for numerous reasons.