cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/technology/p/1247241/all-cars-sold-in-the-eu-now-require-a-camera-aimed-at-your-face-its-still-not-clear-wher
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1247209/all-cars-sold-in-the-eu-now-require-a-camera-aimed-at-your-face-its-still-not-clear-wher
Starting July 7, 2026, every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera aimed at your face. Glance at your phone, your kids in the back seat, or the radio for too long, and the car will flash a warning light and sound an alert.
Automakers have known this was coming for years. What they, and EU regulators, have never spelled out is what happens to that footage after the alert goes off.
While the intention behind the new system is difficult to dispute, its implementation has raised several concerns. Early real-world testing suggests the distraction warnings can be overly sensitive and potentially distracting.
Where I live has a pretty good bike route along an old railway to the next town over and yet still loads of people opt to drive. Despite driving taking longer due to all the traffic!
I suppose quite a few people do cycle too tough. But it just seems crazy to me that so many willingly sit in that traffic every day.
The solution is certainly not to replace rails with trails.
We just need to ban cars on half the roads.
So much this!
Yeah, kinda wish they replaced it with a tram line tbh. Urban sprawl between 2 towns that are now 1 continuous urban area, original train line was a few stations at each end but not much in the middle and the current route has a bus that stops all the way down it. A tram would be great for that.