Mandated kill switchs in trucks for 2026

[HammaMan]

Public opinion meter...

EF, 8 posts in this thread. 41 likes.

HM, 7 posts. 11 likes.

Armschind, 7 posts, 15 likes.

Hmm.

Here's what I think you missed. The truck already has this built into it with the driver alert feature (present in all sync 4 vehicles and likely 3 as well). The only thing it doesn't do is kill disable the throttle / force a pull-over. Remote kill has been on just about every GM vehicle for 2 decades. Ford could can do the same but they're still trying to pretend they're not a software company (poor leadership, CEO has got to go) -- they are however about to roll out a security / recovery feature as a paid service with said capability.

People fear what they don't understand, and I see all potential vectors of this well enough to know there's nothing new here. The USG has long been the monster the founders warned us it'd become. If I was worried about brownie points, I'd run my posts through one of the LLMs sitting in one of my adjacent screens with an ass kissing prompt. Fortunately of all of the things that drive me, validation of my opinions from strangers on the internet isn't one of them (did you really sum them??).

I'm not sure how people think this will turn out. Stalled cars in the middle of the interstate? Yeah, that's not going to happen. Sensors contacting law enforcement over perceived intoxication? Oh boy are hoards of teenagers going to enjoy tripping that system up for the lawls. Faux intoxication activations tying up dozens if not hundreds of LEOs? Count me in. As for "remote" kill, well people have been unplugging the cellular antennas on GMs for as long as the system has been put on vehicles. I'm more concerned about global war outbreak than I am about whatever half assed result becomes of this rule.

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[Kodiak]

Kool Aid is a bad thing.

 

[Snakebitten]

Politics. (religion)
It divides us. (in this case, truck enthusiasts)
And that is "their" ultimate strategy!

I chose.
To NEVER let them have that over me.
Requires my vigilance at times. They are so sneaky. ?

 

[Gros Ventre]

Remember, bureaucracies do things because they can, not because what they do is right.

 

[UNIKRN150]

I knew when I bought my new truck that I would be subject to constant monitoring.

WTF are you going to do? Hide in a cave?

No... I kept my old non-connected truck. If they ever start disabling vehicles for _ _ _ _ reason, I still have my old one, it runs great and have every confidence in the American spirit that at some point, the citizens of the United States of America will vote this B.S. out of power OR... someone will figure out a way to bypass it.

Now for my Canadian friends... GOOD LUCK!

 

[Chili]

Watching my older cousins raise their kids on iPads and not allowing them to go play in the mud, trick or treat, or walk by themselves down the street to friends houses has set my mind. If I do have kids (clock is ticking, I’m all ready 25 so it may not be in the cards), they will not have an iPad, I will force them to go play in the mud…..and I’m not driving them 5 houses up the road. Watching 8 year olds not be able to function without an iPad when me and my cousins were building forts in the woods at that age makes me cringe. No overbearing parenting or iPad kids for me . Go outside dammit!

Remember it's always the preachers daughter that's the biggest freak... So a totalitarian home may sound great to you (if not a bit ironic here) perhaps moderation is the key... As a father of two, I assure you there is more nature than nurture than you think and you aren't going to decide what they like and don't like.

 

[Snakebitten]

The "they" I was referring to was far beyond the owners/moderators of a forum. ?

The conspiracy nutcase (me?) "they".

 

[Gros Ventre]

There are some very real problems to solve out there. I have observed the Wyoming Legislature debate bills dealing with repeat drunk driving offenders. Some of them accumulate 10 and more convictions. Those that accumulate statistics will tell you that means those people have driven drunk far more than the apprehensions. So is it legitimate to install an ignition lockout feature on those people? Well, by any measure they are felons. So yes I think that is appropriate. However to install that feature on everyone I believe is unwarranted and a violation of our Constitution.

 

[Big Dog Daddy]

All of this technology in new cars will have us hand tied in a few years and there will be nothing we can do about it unless we act now!
We will only be passengers in our own cars.
Next mandate will be speed limiting devices in our vehicles. They say now "it will just be a warning on the dash that your going to fast" but very quickly this will turn into a full on limiting device that will not allow you to go faster than the posted limit. They've already started this in the EU

 

[Gros Ventre]

You already have a speed limiter in your truck. Its setting is somewhere up around 100 mph or so. ...And don't forget that the Police verions are set higher. In essence the computer control system is set up to prevent overspeed of the engine... Well call it what you want, it's a speed limiter. So all they really have to do is run it down or make it responsive to changing speed limits... a software snap of the fingers... :-(

 

[Snakebitten]

Factory Speed limiter is ~105mph.
It's NOT protecting the engine (3.5 Ecoboost) in any way since guys are hitting the speed limiter in like 4th gear(?) on a dyno?

They can't use 7th gear on the dyno, which would be ideal for tuning, because the truck would be going WAY too fast at the top of the torque curve. (limiter would have to be removed, of course)

 

[JExpedition07]

My 5.0 hits the 105 MPH limiter in 3rd gear lol, it’s just getting started when the truck runs out of available speedo. The speed limiter is to protect the drive shaft, speed limit of the drive shaft is about 115 and then it risks blowing apart and killing people. Raptor R has an upgraded driveshaft and it’s still limited to 114 MPH.

 

[doc_ketamine]

Weasel words.
Lies, damn lies, and statistics. If this is true...
90% of those drivers are illegal aliens.
Hmm... I have a feeling talking about what NEEDS to be done would net one a ban for "politics", and also get one labeled as "racist" in the process.

It's almost like you're nearly aware of what you're saying. Almost!

 

[Gros Ventre]

Call it what you want... Nearly all rotational machinery has a speed limiter of some kind. You'd have to go back to the old Kettering Ignition system to not see one on an automotive engine. Effectively those had a limiter because the points would start to float and stop producing a spark... There's always an exception that proves the rule. In my usage a speed limiter is there to protect the engine first. The fact that it also limits the truck's speed is a side benefit for the feds... ;-)

 

[Big Dog Daddy]

Intelligent speed assistance technology, or ISA, uses a car’s GPS location compared with a database of posted speed limits and its onboard cameras to help ensure safe and legal speeds. This can be used as a passive waring as they intend to do in the United States. Or full blown speed speed restriction of the vehicle as will be implemented in the EU in 2 years. You will not be able to accelerate beyond the posted limit. And passive restrictions are only the beginning for the U.S.A. once implemented they will move very quickly to speed limiting.

https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20231114.aspx

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