Chevrolet introduces a computer ...

[Bekeart]

Chevrolet introduces a computer ...

Some New Chevrolet Models Temporarily Won't Move Until Teen Drivers Buckle Up : NPR

Know a young driver who's ignoring your pleas to buckle up? Chevrolet suggests you might try to see
if they'll listen to a different authority figure: their car.

The automaker is introducing a feature, specifically for teen drivers, that will temporarily block
the auto from shifting into gear if their seat belt isn't buckled. A message will alert the driver to buckle
their seat belt in order to shift into gear.

After the problems Boeing had with its 837 computers ....
Nothing Can Go Wrong - Can Go Wrong - Can Go Wrong -

Bekeart

 

[dockmurgw]

I used to be a Chevy man until the government bailed them out and GM became short for Government Motors, and all the influence that came with it. Now I'm a Ford man.

 

[6518John]

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

 

[Absalom]

What I would like to see is an electronic dead switch which disables the engine as long as it senses cellphone-frequency radio waves within the vehicle.

THAT would save lives

 

[Fishinfool]

I understand the need for computerization in managing such things in modern cars as fuel injection, ABS, timing, ect. What I don't like is the over reach in systems like "On Star", where your driving habits and location information are collected, and you car can be "modified", and controlled remotely. Human nature being what it is, think of how such systems could be abused, and someone will do it. It doesn't sit well with me that someone can arbitrarily push a button, and disable my truck, stranding me where I am. Maybe I read too many Prepper novels?

Larry

 

[swsig]

1974

This is nothing new. Anyone remember 1974, and the notorious electro-mechanical seat belt interlock that was mandatory on all new US cars that year? After members of Congress bought 1974 cars, the interlock requirement was quickly repealed. I suspect Chevrolet sales will plunge if this new variation doesn't work perfectly.

 

[BigBoy99]

What is going to prevent the teen from buckling the seat belt over the empty seat and then sitting on the buckled seat belt?

 

[dockmurgw]

What is going to prevent the teen from buckling the seat belt over the empty seat and then sitting on the buckled seat belt?

On Star w/ a camera, and Indian call centers full of people with fingers on a button...all watched by this guy.

 

[TX-Dennis]

Ford has a similar feature called MyKey. If I remember correctly you can program the young person's key for a maximum speed, loudness of the stereo, seatbelts required, and maybe a couple of other things, too.

 

[tlawler]

Who can afford new cars for their teens when there's so many P&R S&W revolvers to be collected?

 

[S&W629]

What I would like to see is an electronic dead switch which disables the engine as long as it senses cellphone-frequency radio waves within the vehicle.

THAT would save lives

AMEN.....brother...…


and/or....a cell phone motion detector ....that disables the cell phone.....for drivers AND walkers/bike riders....

 

[Absalom]

What is going to prevent the teen from buckling the seat belt over the empty seat and then sitting on the buckled seat belt?

You assume too much intentionality.

The people I've known who don't put on their seat belts (not just teenagers) do so because they forget or can't be bothered. Ways of "beating the system" aren't going to happen if they require as much work or thinking as just buckling up.

 

[tlawler]

What I would like to see is an electronic dead switch which disables the engine as long as it senses cellphone-frequency radio waves within the vehicle.

THAT would save lives

What would work even better is a frequency jammer that would not allow cell calls or texting while the car was in drive. It wouldn't be good if the car suddenly died if someone tried to call or text. That may cause an unintentional accident.

 

[gman51]

Kids texting or talking on cell phones should be the number one concern rather than seat belt disablers. Breathalyzers make a driver use the device about 10 minutes after the car is running. If the test is positive then the car shuts off. That was to stop people from getting someone else to blow into the device so they could drive the car away.

 

[snuffy51]

Ya'll forgot the ladies putting on their makeup while driving to work. They pretty scary too.

 

[Lee in Quartzsite]

My '19 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited has an electronic parking brake which will not release if the seatbelt isn't fastened. It can also steer itself, has a smart cruise control that will slow down if too close to the car in front, then accelerate once the car is no longer there, will brake itself if I don't in an emergency, hi/lo beam headlights work automatically, just to name a few.

Most all cars, and semi-trucks for that matter, have an onboard computer of some sort that controls engine functions. It also records that information that can be downloaded, say after an accident. We had a company driver back in 2003 that wrecked a brand new Mack truck and his 'story' was vastly different than what the computer recorded, and that got him fired.

 

[shouldazagged]

As much as I'm infuriated by people who text while driving, or prattle and BS on their phones, I couldn't go for the shutdown when a cell phone lights up. On more than one occasion I've followed a seriously impaired driver while keeping the 911 dispatcher apprised of the vehicle description and location.

And I would just hate being run over by an eighteen-wheeler when my engine suddenly shut down.

Now, if there could be a way to notify 911 when texting occurs...

 

[TX-Dennis]

Texting is bad, but several times I have passed drivers on the freeway who were reading with a book, or in one case a newspaper, propped up on the steering wheel. I always speed up a little to get past them as quickly as I can. Rather have them in my rearview than alongside.

 

[Lee in Quartzsite]

And I would just hate being run over by an eighteen-wheeler when my engine suddenly shut down.

I have PU truck with Vehicle Stability Control, VSC. When getting on the freeway that had wet pavement I floored it to merge in front of a fast approaching semi. One real wheel lost traction and that caused the engine to shut down in order to regain traction...a real pucker moment.

I drove a tanker for over 30 years and I have seen just about anything you can think of. Two that come to mind are a guy playing a trumpet, AND a guy playing a violin, along with the usual shaving, eating cereal out of a bowl, a mother feeding her baby, and guys & gals in various unmentionable activities during night and day. Never a dull moment while on the road.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

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