Comment by RandomBacon
Comment by RandomBacon 16 hours ago
In the future?
They call 911, and they read the license plate number and the authorities send an override signal that turns on the car and only allows it to be driven to the nearest hospital that appears on the screen on the console. If they go off course, they have 30 seconds to get back on course before it coasts into a 5mph limp mode (to find a safe place to pull over) for 1 minute before it completely stops and shutsdown and locks them inside for the police to come get them.
Eh, the car will probably be self-driving at that point, so probably only the first half.
The last thing I want to see on any car is the ability for the government to just remotely hijack random cars. Not just because cops already and routinely abuse their privileges (imagine some crazy police officer doing that to their ex girlfriend!), but also because any such capability can and eventually will be abused by malicious actors. Think of the usual "for the lulz" trolls, organized crime rings involved in looting people, or nation-state enemies.