• @[email protected]
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    475 months ago

    Seatbelts are simple. Aside from the big brother distopian nightmare this proposal enables, I’m not convinced such a thing it technically possible.

    • @jeffwOPM
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      I can see the headlines about the first time it’s rolled out… all the headlines are short people being mad that they were flagged as kids

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        Or the police officers who rushed on scene to find a bag of groceries in the back seat…after smashing a window…

        • andrew_bidlaw
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          ‘Where… dog?’

          A confused police officer shredds a bag of veggies with a shotgun, claims self-defense.

    • @[email protected]
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      I’ve had rental cars chirp back at me when I tried to lock them because my backpack was in the back seat.

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      45 months ago

      PIR occupancy sensor + thermometer + window open sensor + seat occupancy sensor/scale + door lock/child lock sensor + decibel limit on microphone already in car

      Technically possible, yes. Most of the equipment is already there. It’s just a matter of tuning everything to work together to solve the specific problem. The bigger problem in my eyes is most people would treat this as a perfect solution instead of a last resort like what happened with Tesla’s FSD.

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          35 months ago

          I’ve seen doors with motion sensor locks on the inside get defeated by vapes and inflatables. Make no mistake, this will get weaponized if implemented. It’ll be the Kia boyz all over again.

        • @brygphilomena
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          That’s so much thermal mass. Very little other than the sun will have the energy output to do this. Certainly not in the time it would need to take to steal a car.

    • @IsThisAnAI
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      This is already in a bunch of cars. Just doesn’t call police.

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      25 months ago

      It’s more a question of money than feasibility. I’m pretty sure a couple manufacturers already have basic capabilities similar to this

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      Aside from the big brother distopian nightmare this proposal enables

      A car knowing when I left a child in the backseat? Basically the same as my thoughts being censored by Big Brother.

      It’s my right and my freedom to let people I am responsible for die in a heatwave!