Forget backseat drivers, hell forget annoying front seat passengers, because soon your car will force you to stop at a red light.
BMW’s NextGen cars will be equipped with the industry’s first ever adaptive cruise control system that recognizes traffic lights.
According to BMW’s blog, they tested an M340i on Munich’s city streets, with the cruise control set to 30 km/h. The car was able to recognize a traffic light turning yellow, slow down and come to a complete stop as the light turned red.
BMW claims their “Urban Traffic Light Recognition” will bring a car to a complete stop at speeds of up to 50 MPH.
Big Brother’s appetite to control everyone, everywhere is getting out of hand.
The UK Guardian warns that within three years, every new car sold in Europe and the UK must be equipped with a speed limiter.
“All new cars sold in the UK and Europe are to be fitted with devices to automatically stop drivers exceeding the speed limit under sweeping changes to vehicle safety rules that the EU has provisionally agreed.”
In the United States, politicians want to put breathalyzers in every new car and give drivers mental health assessments.
Today’s new cars already come with Lane Assist, Automatic or Assisted Braking and Automatic Assisted Emergency Steering features.
Last month Motor1, published a disturbing list of Big Brother “safety” features that are being installed on new cars.
AcuraWatch (Acura): Consists of Forward Collision Warning, Automatic Emergency Braking, Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Keep Assist, Lane Departure Warning, Automatic High-Beam Headlights, and Lane Centering.
Co-Pilot 360 (Ford, Lincoln): Consists of Blind-Spot Monitoring with Rear Cross-Traffic Alert, Lane Departure Warning with Lane-Keep Assist, Forward Collision Warning, Automatic Emergency Braking With Pedestrian Detection, and Automatic High-Beam Headlights.
Honda Sensing (Honda): Consists of Forward Collision Warning, Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Departure Warning With Lane-Keep Assist, Lane Centering, Adaptive Cruise Control, and Automatic High-Beam Headlights.
Lexus Safety System+ 2.0 (Lexus): Consists of Forward Collision Warning, Automatic Emergency Braking With Pedestrian Detection, Lane Departure Warning, Lane-Keep Assist, Automatic High-Beam Headlights, Adaptive Cruise Control, and Lane Centering.
Safety Shield 360 (Nissan): Consists of Forward Collision Warning, Automatic Emergency Braking With Pedestrian Detection, rear automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, Blind-Spot Monitoring, Rear Cross-Traffic Alert, and Automatic High-Beam Headlights.
EyeSight (Subaru): Consists of Forward Collision Warning, Automatic Emergency Braking, Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane-Keeping Assist, and Lane-Departure Warning.
Toyota Safety Sense 2.0 (Toyota): Consists of Forward Collision Warning, Automatic Emergency Braking With Pedestrian Detection, Lane Departure Warning, Lane-Keep Assist, Automatic High-Beam Headlights, Adaptive Cruise Control, and Lane Centering.
If Big Brother has its way, no one will be allowed to get behind the wheel unless they blow into a breathalyzer first. Pretty soon, no one will be allowed to speed, pass another vehicle or even dream of going through a yellow light because the car won’t let you!
Big Brother’s desire to control our every movement is growing and that should scare everyone.
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I wonder how long it will be before the “McDonalds coffee lady” spills another cup of coffee because her car’s emergency braking system engaged.
“All new cars sold in the UK and Europe are to be fitted with devices to automatically stop drivers exceeding the speed limit under sweeping changes to vehicle safety rules that the EU has provisionally agreed.”
Good luck trying to sell THOSE, @sswipes!
“In the United States, politicians want to put breathalyzers in every new car and give drivers mental health assessments.”
And THOSE should be MANDATORY for every jewb#tch politician in the entire country.
But NOT for the rest of us.
YOU CAN TAKE YOUR “NEW” VEHICLES AND SHOVE THEM UP YOUR ASS. IF I HAD MY WAY, IT WOULD STILL BE HORSEBACK, OR A FRIGGIN BICYCLE……ALTHOUGH I DO LIKE MY POWER CHAIR. A GOOD HORSEBACK RIDE WOULD PROBABLY KILL ME NOWADAYS…..