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It seems that automobile manufacturers are reluctant to enable remote engine turn-off in cars (to provide theft or car-jacking, for instance), in case the car comes to a stop at a dangerous point, such as railroad tracks.
We can overcome this objection if the police can use the remote option with
line of sight contact with the car in question, thus allowing them to use their judgment whether or not it is more dangerous to stop the car than to let it proceed.
Police call for remote button to stop cars
http://observer.gua...903,1111211,00.html
[nuclear hobo, Aug 28 2007]
DIY Version
http://blogs.edmund...raightline/.ee9937a
[DrCurry, Aug 28 2007]
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oohn this is the thin end of the wedge, I fear. it'll be traffic wardens having them next or the litter police. |
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other:general. DC? someone hi-jacked your password? |
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You surprise me, [DrCurry]. |
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This sounds ok to me. Certainly safer than a high speed chase through town. Fox might start to suffer for lack of good video, though. You could always get more animals attacking, I suppose. |
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The other thing is that one could have remote no-start. Presumably no-one will turn the car off while parked on the railroad tracks. Once you start having cars communicate remotely, universal lojack seems a better option. |
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Sounds like a good feature to include in OnStar. |
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Product liabity would kill it... |
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bungston: that's already Baked into On-Star and similar systems. |
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po: I started this thing in Car: Security - I'm going to blame the system! |
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normzone: I surprise myself most days. |
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Just put a delay on it and an audible warning "This car will stop in 10 seconds" |
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How about a delay, then a warning "This car is slowing down, pulling over and stopping" then the hazard lights come on and the engine is throttled to drop the speed by one mph per second. At ten mph the wheel is forced to turn slightly toward the right (left in the uk, down in australia) the driver can fight this, but it will get stronger and stronger. When the ALB/Traction Control system detects a surface change under the outside wheel, brakes are applied until the vehicle stops completely. |
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There's no way a clever hacker, or Half-Baker, won't figure out a way to remotely kill every vehicle on the road equipped with such a device. The opportunity for abuse is astounding. I'd almost bun this for the amusement potential, but won't. |
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Isn't this baked by Lo-Jack, or however it's spelled? I may be thinking of something else, since a search of the Lojack site only mentions a tracking device, and it's only for anti-theft, not used against the owner, but I've seen a video of a system that the police activate that locks you in the car and shuts the engine off so they can follow the tracking device and have you nice and neatly packaged for them. Not sure if it could be adapted for use against the owner in high-speed chases or not, but I don
t see why it couldn't be. |
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bs: so, the pursuing police car rams a three foot shaft up the butt of the car it is chasing? Thats sounds so, um, not sure how to put this on a family site... |
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[DrCurry] the word you are looking for is "Senatorial". |
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This idea or some derivative would be waaay safer than high-speed chases. (+) |
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Too much risk of it falling into the hands of rogue ex-cops, or finding its way onto the black market for serial killers, carjackers and rapists to use. Also, if it's something that's embedded in everyone's vehicles, then it's something that, as mentioned earlier, a good hacker could hack and use for the same purposes I just mentioned. - |
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