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Originally Posted by Spuds
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No literally, Subaru is doing nothing to prevent me from getting into my BRZ and driving it into someone on the road. They did nothing when it was made, and they are doing nothing now to retrofit anything to my car to change its capabilities. They aren't issuing a recall or offering to upgrade my vehicle with safety systems. The government isn't mandating they do these things. They could have easily created a system a long time ago where the car lost power or stopped if a seat belt was taken off or a driver climbed out of their seat with the cruise control on. Manufactures or the government could limit speeds or limit acceleration to "safe levels". Driver monitoring systems are equally easy to create that require driver engagement to limit drunk driving, distracted driving, medical conditions that mean a driver is impaired, etc, but they don't and the government too hasn't mandated it.
Are they putting warnings on fish for pregnant and lactating women like the FDA? Some warnings might be good you know. I'm not saying all warnings are bad. For instance, the Tesla warns people when they don't touch the steering wheel or when they need to or when it detects an issue like in the Youtube video I posted, where there was a loud warning and a large, red, steering wheel image on the screen with hands on the wheel signaling the driver, and it required the driver to push the accelerator again.
https://www.fda.gov/media/102331/download