[hollow-moe]

Can't do that in Fr*nce and likely other European countries, all vehicles must have eCall and your vechicle might not pass the mandatory routine check you need to do once in a while to be allowed on the road. Hope you like biking a lot.

[djoldman]

TIL:

> eCall was made mandatory in all new cars approved for manufacture within the European Union as of April 2018.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECall

[barrkel]

It's one thing for something to be mandatory original equipment, it's another for them to be necessary for passing an inspection (MOT / roadworthiness certificates). It's not mandatory in many countries, AFAIK.

[sigio]

it is in the UK, if the car comes with the feature, it must function. A warning light on the dash is enough to invalidate the roadworthiness.

[asdff]

There's going to be a lot of value in keeping cars from 5-10+ years ago around indefinitely.

[hollow-moe]

Until they're outlawed for the poor because "they pollute way too much"

[oblio]

> Fr*nce

What's this?

[djoldman]

France.

[oblio]

Why not write France? I doubt HN has any censoring going on.

[Cider9986]

Just use public transit.. oh, wait, (https://reclaimthenet.org/the-eurail-breach-and-the-digital-...)