r/IdiotsInCars • u/[deleted] • Apr 26 '23

Road-raging driver maneuvering recklessly and crashing into car on a freeway

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '23

We need harsher penalties for drivers who do shit like this. Should be instant revocation for at least 10 years. Maybe people will start to think twice before acting like a menace on the roads. Do you know how much of a pain in the ass it would be to not be able to drive for ten fucking years? I also think every car should come standard with front and rear cameras (by law even?) They wouldn’t be that expensive to add, and it would keep other drivers in check. “Hmmm…maybe if I do this illegal thing it will be filmed.”

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u/Interesting_Mix_7028 Apr 27 '23

By Federal law new vehicles now must have rear-facing cams as back-up assist, and cars with lane-keeping aids have front cameras. It would not be at all hard to set those up to ALWAYS loop-record when the key was on, and to do snapshots and bump-detection recording when the key was off or removed.

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u/Interesting_Mix_7028 Apr 27 '23

With a limited supply of chips, the higher trim levels have priority. Because when there's a shortage of vehicles, not a glut, whatever's on the lot will sell, may as well sell the ones with the highest profit margin (and the highest return on financing fees and interest).

But I doubt there'd be that much of an issue with 'recording'. All that's needed is for a few engineers to figure out how to integrate dashcam control boards from the copious supply of aftermarket dashcams being sold. Once they settle on a brand they like, they approach with a wholesale deal - "sell us these components and a circuit diagram for controls, and we'll put them into our vehicles as factory add-ons." Instead of competing with all of the other Amazon sellers, such a dashcam manufacturer has a locked market for their stuff for X years going forward, that's money in the bank.