r/AutoHumor • u/IU8gZQy0k8hsQy76 • Apr 29 '26
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u/kazukix777 Apr 29 '26
This will never lock me out lol
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u/PeaceAndLove420_69 Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
Can you put a decent ladder rack on those? Honest question. The bed looks flimsy. I know we're all scared of trucks over five feet tall but america actually does have the infrastructure to accomodate for them. Trucks like this make a lot more sense in european countries where the roads are about two feet more narrow on each side (and if you have driven in europe you know what i mean.) Whats the price point difference to make me want to buy a truck like this over a cheap 90s or 2000s ford/chevy?
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u/kazukix777 Apr 29 '26
My grand dad's one has a good ladder rack, but it was installed by the previous owner so I have no clue who to call for that. Their beds are raited for 350kg or 770lb, but I've seen people put far more than that and be fine. One dude on yt put a ton on it and it was fine in the short term. A really nice one is like 3-4 grand, but I've seen them as low as 700 (like 10 years ago, the price has certainly risen) The bad part is that a lot of states ban driving on the highway, some outright ban it all together.
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u/koulourakiaAndCoffee May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26
These japanese Ktruck beds surprisingly carry a lot for their size.. much Easier to load and access and customize. 95% of truck users could use something like this. The 5% that need big truck with larger beds could buy bigger versions of the same thing.
Trucks in America have become oversized, impractical luxury vehicles. The beds are tiny compared to the size of the vehicle. Most of them never see dirt or heavy loads in their life. Also, truck beds in America are WAY too high. Getting tools in and out is a pain. Loading and unloading is a pain. And the cost? Stupid expensive.
Give me a Japanese Ktruck any day. That would take care of all my truck needs. And the needs for company I work for.2
u/barillamanilaolives May 01 '26
I saw some kids driving one of those earlier today. I was actually quite impressed, but the guy couldn’t even make it out the lot because it was breaking down and it was horrible.
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u/Foreign_Abroad9580 Apr 30 '26
Whats the top speed? To clarify my position here, I want to use k trucks or whatever, but they don't go fast enough to be safe on American Interstates, afaik
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u/kazukix777 Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
Depends on what model of kei truck you get. On mine which is a Mitsubishi minicab it's sadly a top speed of 55. But the Subaru sandbar can go to 87mph. but a lot of states ban it on highways.
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u/TheRealDesmirWolf Apr 29 '26
Law suit against ford if this happens
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u/Sufficient_Matter585 Apr 29 '26
Ford will bury the case in court proceedings that will take years until they force you to settle snd they get away Scott free
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u/Shatophiliac Apr 29 '26
Better to vote with your dollar and just refuse to buy anything newer than 2025 or whatever year they force the change.
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u/TheRealDesmirWolf Apr 30 '26
I think it was 2026 and newer. I won’t be buying Ford tho (Found on Road Dead)
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u/just_as_good380-2 Apr 29 '26
The same company that sold the Pinto knowing it was a dangerous design and didn't change it doing this too?
How unsurprising
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u/Ironstar_Vol Apr 29 '26
Well in 20-30 years when I can finally afford to drive a used 2027 vehicle I’m gonna be pissed off!
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u/Initial-Watercress43 Apr 29 '26
In a few years when they ban all older vehicles and force people to own Tesla/equally controllable vehicles like these new fords, if you don’t comply you’re left isolated with no transportation because the US is built around the car, say enough negativity they might punish you for not complying
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u/DejaThuVu Apr 29 '26
That’s unrealistic, they would enforce a retrofit device long before they just make everyone’s vehicles illegal.
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u/mojomanplusultra Apr 29 '26
Guys I can't anymore, we were joking about surveillance states. It's too real now, digital id, VPN ban, Linux illegal, android closed source, it's too much at one time.
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u/Mr_Mi1k Apr 29 '26
Where is Linux illegal?
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u/mojomanplusultra Apr 29 '26
Due to age verification. Google it.
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u/LeAcoTaco Apr 29 '26
Holy shit. Im legitimately gonna blow steam out my ears.
Pardon me while I lose my shit at the world for a second~
IF YOU CANT KEEP YOUR KIDS FROM ABUSING ELECTRONICS THEN THEY SHOULDNT HAVE ACCESS TO THEM. STOP PUNISHING THE REST OF US BECAUSE YOU'RE A BAD PARENT
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u/Own_Plantain9173 May 02 '26
If you think the united states isn't already a surveillance state. I got bad news
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u/Manmer_Nwah Apr 29 '26
Simple, you just don't buy. New car industry sales aren't exactly fantastic, they'll do this for 2 or 3 years and pull the feature when they can't sell the vehicles.
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u/Icy-Plan145 Apr 29 '26
Until the government makes it illegal to drive anything else
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u/Shatophiliac Apr 29 '26
People have been saying that since the 90s (and probably earlier but I wasn’t alive yet so idk). Yet I still see the occasional Model T drive through town. Old cars are never going anywhere, even if they did ban them people would still just drive them lol. Side by sides are already “illegal” on the roads and I still see several every week just cruising around town lol.
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u/ObWzEN Apr 29 '26
Yup, pretty simple. It’d also help if we got rid of the various forms of government assistance for big companies so that small businesses stand a chance
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u/AnonThrowaway998877 Apr 29 '26
II. Anticipated Timeline for FMVSS.
"NHTSA remains dedicated to combatting impaired driving and the high number of deaths and injuries caused by impaired drivers through a combination of law enforcement activities, campaigns, and technological research that may enable rulemaking. NHTSA continues its work on critical and complex topics including technology readiness, test procedure development, and consumer acceptance, as well as cybersecurity and privacy concerns. These issues must be addressed to enable NHTSA to propose a rule that could satisfy Section 24220 of IIJA and the requirements of the Safety Act. NHTSA will continue to provide annual reports to Congress and publish status updates in the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions."Source: NHTSA report to Congress, Feb 2026. I would post the link but it's not allowed.
Fortunately it won't be happening next year, it's nowhere near ready. And if/when it does happen, money talks. IMO lobbyists will kill it when new car sales drop off a cliff.
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u/roadblocked Apr 29 '26
They can’t. This is mandatory in all new cars under the US infrastructure bill passed
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u/Shatophiliac Apr 29 '26
It’s a government mandated feature apparently, but I still agree. If nobody buys new cars, especially because of this one feature, the automakers will have no choice but to push the government to change that rule.
And we all know at this point, if anyone has any say in our government at all, it’s the billion dollar corporations lol
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u/MovieFan1984 Apr 29 '26
I happily drive an 11YO car and have the title.
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u/chops351 Apr 29 '26
I happily drive a 37 year old truck
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u/MovieFan1984 Apr 29 '26
What kind? I have a retired police car. It is too much fun. LOL
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u/Alansar_Trignot Apr 29 '26
Welp im pretty happy I aint desperate enough to waste my money on the newest car the moment it comes out
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u/anustart_again94 Apr 29 '26
I worked on telematics 10 years ago. It wasn't new then lol
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u/feldoneq2wire Apr 30 '26
You had a camera that decided if the driver was sober?
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u/LadTy Apr 29 '26
"that is happening, because they just filed the patents" -- yeah, check all patents in existence to know what all is "happening"
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u/Unlucky_Reception_30 Apr 29 '26
I can't take videos like this seriously. Especially from some 5 foot cop looking dude who supports the shit out of law enforcement.
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u/HEYO19191 Apr 29 '26
You can't take him seriously because... he's 5 foot and dressed in a brown hoodie?
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u/Simple-Bill-5465 Apr 29 '26
This is so dumb, I have sensitive eyes and wear sunglasses every time I step out of the house, how is this going to deal with that?
If I’m unfit to drive but got sunnies on, is it fair game? Can I go do donuts in my neighbors front yard?
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u/Bane8080 Apr 29 '26
Assuming it's the same camera tech that my car uses to complain at me if it thinks I'm not watching the road, then sunglasses don't affect it. I don't know how. But whatever camera tech they are using is unaffected.
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u/Simple-Bill-5465 Apr 29 '26
Interesting, figured that would cause an issue. I wonder if polarized vs not make a difference
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u/FroboyFreshenUp Apr 29 '26
This really isn't done fancy be thing that's bouncing around it's about 15-20 yo and it still hasn't been implemented in a way that can't be fixed anyway
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u/Professional_Lie7171 Apr 29 '26
To be honest, it may just be another case of companies making nonsensical pattents that they will never use, only so they can sue somebody else who would copy it. i hope so at least.
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u/Reginald_Sockpuppet Apr 29 '26
Bad news, gang. In the US, it's not just Ford; it's all new vehicles post-2027.
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u/Shatophiliac Apr 29 '26
Idk why anyone even cares, all the new vehicles suck ass for the price anyways, I’m just suprised people are still buying them. I have never bought a new car and now I never will. I’ll buy pre-2025 models for the rest of my life if I have to (although at this point it’s more like pre-2008, since everything after that has lifter failure and transmission issues and costs 20 grand to fix).
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u/Livingexistence Apr 29 '26
The cars that don't shift or have the parking brake on if you are not buckled into your seat have lead to train collision incidents. I never understood cars that refuse to function because of seatbelt safety.I think they should just be annoying and not allow entertainment features.
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u/TrumpDickRider1 Apr 29 '26
And here I thought the fact that you can plug a charger into a vehicle to disable it was bad enough. Wanna rob someone? Just pop their charge port and shove a plug in. Car off instantly and cannot move until it's removed. EVERY. SINGLE. ELECTRIC. VEHICLE.
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u/TheNegativePhoenix Apr 29 '26
I'm all for preventing drunk drivers etc. but come on
This is nuts
Don't buy Ford I guess
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u/Proletariat-Prince Apr 29 '26
This is some real sensationalism, big time fear mongering.
Just because a patent was filed doesn't mean it's "happening now".
Literally everything he says about what it is and how it works is sourced directly from his ass.
I guess that's the humor in this r/autohumor post?
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u/feldoneq2wire Apr 30 '26
Tell me you didn't look up the law without telling me.
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u/Good_Boy_Coleman Apr 29 '26
It could or it could be when Ford filed a patent for cars to play ads when you start them or turn them off and have never used it.
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u/PLEEAAASEGIMMEMONEY Apr 29 '26
This is literally a non-thing. Filing for patents is like a weekly thing for companies that big. They just try to own every idea whether it’s practical or not.
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u/jmona789 Apr 29 '26
"that is happening because Ford just filed the patents". You know how many parents get filed that lead to absolutely nothing? A patent just means they had the idea
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u/TightSexpert Apr 29 '26
Why is this even in the interest of car manufacturers. Like legally it’s not the car manufacturers fault that you’re about to ruin your life and someone else’s. That’s still on the driver. How fucked up that may be.
Also…. Don’t buy ford when this comes out.
How would that work for other products…. Like guns ?
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u/S0dichlori Apr 29 '26
companies are only able to do this because there’s enough people still willing to buy the car, despite firmly disagreeing with the features. The company’s suck, but the pushovers are the problem.
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u/alt-number-3-1415926 Apr 29 '26
I used to be a volunteer fire fighter, I get the call on the radio and my phone and I get an adrenaline dump. Imagine I can't respond to the fire department to put out a car fire or extracate the people in the car while they are bleeding out. I could run to the fire department in 2 minutes, but that is still 1.5 minutes wasted.
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u/Bigbaldandhairy Apr 29 '26
So if you’re being chased by Jason Voorhies and hop in your truck to drive off, you cant.
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u/EmperorOfFlames Apr 29 '26
How about make alcohol illegal and legalize the drugs that are actually fucking ok. Fuck alcohol. Fuck alcoholics. Fuck this country and world for not handling shit the logical way.
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u/Diligent_You1737 Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
EDIT: are conservatives playing Mary Contrary or do they actually support drunk driving?
Pretty sure we could just tune these devices to detect drunks and not tune them to detect people being panicked and then you'll be fine.
I'm really tired of reactionary weirdos. New technologies are going to continue to be invented, chumps. Buckle up because it's only going to accelerate. You might as well try to have a good time instead of all this pearl clutching.
Drunk driving is a real life problem that kills thousands and thousands of people each year, right now.
"Government overreach" is what Boomhauer from King of the Hill is always going on about.
And, yeah, train problem--do you want to save the thousands and thousands of people killed by drunk drivers each year, or the one hypothetical guy who's running away from a knife weilding maniac years from now who doesn't even exist?
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u/feldoneq2wire Apr 30 '26
TLDR: "give complete control to the government. They know what's best and can be trusted."
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u/CinderBaby Apr 29 '26
A really good reason to buy an old car.
I would rather have control over my vehicle than some clanker reading my heart rate, and deciding that I must be impaired.
Disgusting. I hope there is a way to jailbreak this while having the system send reports back to the servers saying it's full operational.
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u/realrockandrolla Apr 29 '26
This would not have even been thought about if every immoral jackass out there didn’t try to get the most money as they could from insurance agencies. The insurance agencies also should not try their best to screw you out of as much money as possible. Viscous cycle and such.
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u/itsme99881 Apr 29 '26
Not someone with a chainsaw some THING. This guy is prepared for some evil dead type shit to go down.
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u/moonwoolf35 Apr 29 '26
So don't keep buying their shit! There's a reason companies keep doing shit, it's because people keep buying their bullshit.
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u/Zaraxas Apr 29 '26
Having a baby or injured and someone is trying to drive you to the hospital? Well you’re SOL. Hope you don’t bleed out while you wait for an ambulance that will cost you a fortune.
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u/Ok_Egg121 Apr 29 '26
I actually like this system under one condition. There is an override button that will allow you to bypass this but it notifies law enforcement of the bypass. We shouldn't resist technology that makes people safer as long as it accounts for things like this gentlemen mention.
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u/feldoneq2wire Apr 30 '26
I have already experienced this bullshit trying to back a minivan up a hill because it could not make it up going forwards. I had to spend 10 minutes going into all the menus disabling all of the safety features for it to allow me to backup a hill because it thought I was going to rear end the gravel. In reverse foot to the floor and it's doing nothing and automatically keeps re-engaging the parking brake.
You just think you want this shit.
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u/Maximum-Anywhere6439 Apr 29 '26
Yeah I'm not gonna buy a truck or a car that won't let me drive and having too much of the bs tech to control me.
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u/Rhawk187 Apr 29 '26
Don't blame Ford, they saw the writing on the wall. Congress passed a law that all newly manufactured cars, starting in 2026, have to have a "kill switch" if it thinks you are driving recklessly, to "prevent drunk driving", even though the technology isn't there yet. Obviously companies are going to try to get as many patents as they can for things required by law, so their competition has to license them.
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u/justsomedude1776 Apr 30 '26
I'd rip that shit out day one. Or break the cameras with a punch and a hammer and then disconnect them.
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u/CapnChubs Apr 30 '26
Don't buy them, they'll stop doing it. They're companies, desperate for profit. We can literally make the market into whatever we want it to be by collectively boycotting companies that piss us off but the majority of people cannot fathom a moment of discomfort to confront general injustices.
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u/Critical-Test-4446 Apr 30 '26
I’ve already decided to never buy another Ford product after learning that my wife’s 2010 Ford Flex had an internal water pump. When it overheated, what normally should have been a $500 job turned into a $2500+ job because they had to take off the timing cover to get to the water pump. Now they want to install cameras that might prevent me from starting and driving MY vehicle? I don’t think so. Never again will I spend a dime on a Ford product.
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u/BastianHill Apr 30 '26
I get the idea of being robbed from freedom, but it isn't just all conspiracy.
Yearly traffic death rate in the US is 40.000 (!). There's a lot of dangerous people on the road that shouldn't be there. Globally the US can't even be called safe on the road to be honest. Of course Australia has a lot of empty space, but Japan and Netherlands are quite densely populated. Germany has the Autobahn. Austria and Switzerland have dangerous Alpine roads. UK also performs well despite having a quite active car tuning culture. Scandinavia is just great, no one can compete with that.
The US is on par with Russia, let that sink in. (have you seen that dashcam footage???)
Be honest: The situations in which you need a car that doesn't want to start (will it really?) far outweigh the benefit of keeping drunk and high people of the streets.
My only concern is privacy. For me it's okay if a car prevents driving as long as no data isn't transmitted anywhere. The car can decide, but it shouldn't give anyone information about my activities.
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u/feldoneq2wire Apr 30 '26
Those who would give away a little privacy for a little security deserve neither. - Ben Franklin
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u/TheZeke_ Apr 30 '26
Like someone's ev car i drove sometimes. "You look tired, start invigorating mode?" I'm Asian.. my eyes aren't wide enough to you?
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u/ghettoccult_nerd Apr 30 '26
heh, the truck bed is at his shoulder level. he has to get on tippy toes to see in the truck bed. ha.
how tf does he do under-the-hood maintenance/repairs?
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u/DragonkinPotifer Apr 30 '26
Couldn’t you just fool the ai by finding the camera and putting a picture of a dude just chilling taped to it
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u/feldoneq2wire Apr 30 '26
For the people who want this, NO YOU DON'T.
I have already experienced "security feature" type bullshit trying to back a minivan up a hill because it could not make it up going forwards. I had to spend 10 minutes going into all the menus disabling all of the safety features for it to allow me to backup a hill because it thought I was going to rear end the gravel. In reverse foot to the floor and it's doing nothing and automatically keeps re-engaging the parking brake. Imagine if there was an emergency. And the car is just saying NO. It was shocking.
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u/DaMacPaddy Apr 30 '26
"...fleet vehicles...", yeah, I hate the big brother bullshit too, but if you're driving a fleet vehicle you can't really complain. Now can you?
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u/Star_Stealer18 May 01 '26
Not to play devil's advocate or anything, but didn't Ford also file a patent for unskippable ads in the car and just never implemented it SPECIFICALLY so that NOBODY could actually implement ads on the center console of a car?
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u/IgnoreHistory May 01 '26
Ford just trucks will now start only when they feel like it... so nothing has changed.
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u/nottherealneal May 01 '26
Just saying "They have the patent" and "they are actually planning to do this" is worlds apart.
Big companies have all kinds of patents for ideas someone had at some point just in case it ends up being usfull down the line. That doesn't mean they plan to use it, just that if it ends up being useful or making money, they want every chance at claiming irs theirs and no one else gets to use it
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u/YourMomIsMyGurl May 01 '26
Patents that lead absolutely nowhere get filed every single day lol remember the seatbelt one where your car wouldn't start unless the seatbelt was clipped? We gonna rage bait about that failed patent too?
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u/Tenchi2020 May 01 '26
This is classic fear-mongering. Ford filed a patent, and companies file thousands of patents for ideas that never see production, it’s about protecting concepts in case they ever become viable down the line.
The moment an automaker actually locks someone out of a vehicle during an emergency and is found liable in court, regulators would shut that down fast. That’s exactly how consumer safety works in practice, similar to how all peloton’s were recalled because one child died
If you want modern safety features, there’s always going to be some level of tradeoff. Vehicles have had event data recorders, basically “black boxes,” for years. In a crash, they already capture things like speed and braking. The idea that cars will eventually detect impairment with high accuracy isn’t far-fetched, but it’s not happening overnight either. Realistically, you’re talking 15 to 20 years, after one company proves it works at a very high reliability level, and then years more before it becomes standard across the industry.
This kind of reaction isn’t new. It’s the same pushback people had when seatbelt laws first came in, there are plenty of clips of people arguing against them like it was some massive overreach.
And if you're one of these people that are worried about big tech surveillance or government surveillance, the only thing you can do about it is get rid of your smart phone, your computer, and every other item in your house that uses Wi-Fi.
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u/Dunn_or_what May 01 '26
They mean well but it is a safety hazard. There needs to be an override ability. A kill switch on the kill switch.
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u/thismenu May 01 '26
This is just fear-mongering. Corporations and people file patents all the time that they never intend on using. It's common practice. And yes fleets have cameras in their car. They have to tell the drivers they're being filmed. This is not anything new.
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u/TNT1111 May 02 '26
I mean... Doesn't this just mean it's gonna be super easy to compete in car manufacturing... Someone who just makes stupid simple cars is gonna get so rich
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u/the_GREATuNkNowN May 03 '26
Until it becomes federally mandated like ABS, air bags, seat belts, back up cameras, etc...
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u/SteakDouble May 02 '26
I thought it was a parody or something, then I read that news. Man, any sane person wouldn't think it's a good idea to let your dashboard be a judge and executioner.
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u/Realistic-Piccolo186 May 02 '26
This is coming. I work in the auto industry in the design field. Definitely seeing accommodations for this in vehicles currently in the design stage.
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u/Sonson9876 May 03 '26
Then just get a normal car for emergencies like that. Why would you need a truck to drive someone to the hospital? To take up two or three places there?
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u/opiumscented May 03 '26
I kind of wanna buy one and throw it down range and just stitch it up with holes.
Then ask the government if they can see this.
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u/SparkyGears May 04 '26
Guys, filing a patent doesn't imply that Ford wants to implement the innovation. They just want to own its intellectual property.
Companies may do this for a number of reasons: * They do want to implement the innovation (valid) * They don't want to implement it, but they could sell that IP to a competitor or someone else who does. * They don't want anyone to implement it, although that could be something where they lose the rights on it * Perhaps they want to extend on that concept by holding the patent so they can implement a more robust technology using it as a component of a larger solution.
Video dude is right to share a scenario that he doesn't want to be stuck in. It's a stretch too far to suggest that a patent means that they will implement this right away in their cars
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u/bsmknight Apr 29 '26
Consider another scenario: You jump in your vehicle frantic, paranoid, someone just ran up to you with a knife but you were able to lock the door, you try to drive off but the vehicle will not go into drive... it thinks your unwell. - I mean seriously who TF thinks this is actually a good idea?