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A 12yr old built an Almost-No-Death Car
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chickenHeadKnob:

--- Quote from: blueskull on December 26, 2018, 05:50:55 am ---
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on December 26, 2018, 05:43:29 am ---If a drunk/texting driver repeat offends enough times to warrant countermeasures, restrict them to riding a motorcycle. That would increase the chances they die in an accident (it's pretty clear they did it to themselves by that point), but decrease the chances of them taking out innocent others.

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Good idea. Just with one problem -- the sheriff and the mayor would never be elected by those PC defenders.

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A very common work-around for repeat offenders that have had their licences pulled is that they buy an electric scooter, the kind with the faux pedals that are just for show and don't need a licence to operate.
apis:

--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on December 26, 2018, 05:43:29 am ---decrease the chances of them taking out innocent others.

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No one's innocent ;)
TassiloH:
Automated emergency calling has become mandatory in the EU this year for new car models (not new cars, so it will take a few years until it is in every new card sold), so will probably be installed in most cars 10 or 15 years from now.
https://etsc.eu/automated-emergency-calling-ecall-now-mandatory-on-new-car-models/
Works via GSM phone network (to maintain data protection rules, the device will only connect to the network after a crash and transfer the last 3 GPS location fixes). I am just wondering how they are going to maintain full GSM coverage for decades (cas are used 10 to 20 years) as technology advances...

apis:

--- Quote from: TassiloH on December 26, 2018, 12:30:25 pm ---I am just wondering how they are going to maintain full GSM coverage for decades (cas are used 10 to 20 years) as technology advances...

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When it needs to be updated a little ominous red light is enabled on the dashboard saying "Warning, service required"
NiHaoMike:
That seems overcomplicated when all that's really needed is to define a frequency and data format specifically for automotive EPIRBs.
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