The Department of Transportation recently announced that “as part of its commitment to reducing deaths and serious injuries on our nation’s roadways,” it will “accelerate the deployment” of what is styled “vehicle to vehicle connectivity” – or V2X – “across the nation.”
Italics added – as this “deployment” will, as always, be not a matter of our choosing it.
“The Plan, initially released in draft form for public comment in October of last year, is focused on road safety, mobility, and efficiency through technology that enables vehicles and wireless devices to communicate with each other and with roadside infrastructure. These technologies can enable a more safe, secure, and efficient transportation system. . .”
Italics added, again.
“Enabling”? This is like when the government “asks” for something – like a “fair share” of what you worked for. Enabling – in formerly honest language – used to mean a capability; not that it would necessarily be used – and that you’d have a choice about whether it would be used.
We will have no choice when the DOT “deploys” the “vehicle to vehicle connectivity” that has already been piece-by-piece embedded in most new and recently made vehicles. They all now have pieces of “vehicle to vehicle connectivity,” including the ability to receive updates over the air; to transmit data about the vehicle’s current location as well as its speed.
They are already, in other words, “connected.”
Now it is just a matter of “connecting” them to – as the DOT says – “each other and roadside infrastructure.“
The latter word italicized to call attention to the deliberately bland and non-specific language. What “infrastructure” is being referred to here? Could it be automated license plate readers? Could it be speed cameras? Could it be a web of interconnectedness that makes it impossible to “speed” – or even to change lanes, unless the web of “connectivity” says you may?
The answer is – of course. Exactly. Because that is what is necessary – so they say – to “enable a more safe, secure, and efficient transportation system.”
Italics are hardly necessary.
What is meant by all of that is a managed and controlled transportation system. By now, everyone who isn’t a deteriorated Special – to borrow from Philip K. Dick – ought to know that as soon as they hear a government apparatchik utter the words “safe” or “secure.”
Let alone both in the same sentence.
Also “crisis” – which of course is the necessary predicate to the “deployment” of that which is “safe” and “secure.” Hence the “crisis of roadway deaths” cited by the DOT as the predicate for its National Roadway Safety Strategy and its Safe System Approach.
Some of the principles of the latter include:
“Safe speeds” – by which is meant speed controls.
“Humans make mistakes” – by which is people sometimes disobey government rules and technology must be used to restrict people’s ability to do so.
“Responsibility is shared” – by which is meant individuals must be controlled according to a one-size-fits-all standard.
The overarching principle is – essentially – Zero COVID and for just the same end-goal. “Death and serious injuries are unacceptable,” says the apparat. Which implies that so long as there are any deaths or injuries that happen as a result of people driving, anything is justified to prevent them. Never mind that the only way to achieve that goal is to end driving entirely – just the same as the only way to achieve Zero COVID would have been to permanently lock-down everyone, forever.
The DOT “has reached a key milestone today in laying out a national plan for the transportation industry that has the power to save lives and transform the way we travel,” says the Biden-Harris regime’s capo of the DOT, Pete Buttigieg. In italics to emphasize that the “national plan” will – as always – be imposed by the planners.
“The Department recognizes the potential safety benefits of V2X, and this plan will move us closer to nationwide adoption of this technology.”
More italics. The “potential” always justifies the actual. It does not matter whether the “potential” is never realized. The (putative) good intentions are always all that matters to the planners. And that is giving the planners the benefit of a doubt they do not deserve.
“The Plan was drafted and advanced with collaboration across public and private partnerships. It provides stakeholders with vital information to enable a safe, efficient, and sustainable transportation system through the national, widespread deployment of interoperable V2X technologies.”
Who are these “stakeholders” we often hear about? Is it us? Do we not have a stake in our ability to freely travel without being managed like cattle? Of course not – insofar as the planners are concerned.
Because they do regard us as cattle to be managed.
And when you hear the word “sustainable” used by a government apparatchik, hopefully you already know what that means. If not, you may have already deteriorated from Special to Chickenhead.
Possibly even Anthead.
Naturally, the DOT has already sluiced $60 million extracted from people who had no choice about paying their “fair share” of it to – wait for it – “three entities” (unspecified) that will “promote the deployment of V2X technologies with the goal of advancing the full lifesaving potential of V2X communication, while ensuring that connected technologies communicate securely and without harmful interference across a variety of devices and platforms.”
Italics are hardly necessary.
Are they?
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Americans are literally too stupid to be free.
Well, Waymos ( Googles peak technology) talk to each other ( with their horns at 4am) so this is not going to happen in our lifetime.
“It does not matter whether the “potential” is never realized.”
“You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.” Thomas Sowell
If you get caught vandalizing this roadside infrastructure,
just remember to say:
“It’s because bootyjuice was faking being gay.”
I’m sure i’ll see you at the Chestnut Cafe!
The same people who are saying that death and serious injuries are unacceptable are pushing EVs, which have multiple risks of death and serious injuries. This video summarizes the worst dangers of EVs, which Eric has already pretty much covered. EV fires, explosions, release of toxic gases, environmental hazards associated with EV battery disposal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JOwW-sUGds
These same people have also been pushing Russia to the edge of nuclear war. Apparently, there is no risk of death or serious injury from a nuclear war with Russia, which has an estimated 6000 nuclear warheads.
These controllers are satanists…invert everything…to translate what they say…invert it….safety means more dangerous…..maybe that fits in with their agenda 2030…90% depopulation….
This new high tech AI self driving crap is very defective…doesn’t work…so more crashes and deaths coming….
Using AI against the slaves……
Artificial Intelligence Road Cameras are COMING TO GET YOU….24/7/365 surveillance…like a rat trapped in a very small cage….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFdK7pSwF7E
Have to get the timing right on selling your old analog non connected vehicles…before they are outlawed…banned from the road…too dangerous….have zero value…
You will own nothing….
Confiscating stocks or bank accounts is simple…just one mouse click….
Confiscating cars is a bit harder….these new regulations making your old cars worthless, are another way to make another asset worthless….
Rather than relying on the Supreme Court to strike down unconstitutional regulations made by unelected bureaucrats, I am relying on the failure of overly complex and fragile systems they are trying to implement. That along with the American spirit of rebelliousness means that these fragile systems will blow away in a stiff breeze.
These systems of control only work in certain places with certain groups of people. Places consisting of people who more resemble ants than humans.
As usual in “modern” society all the tech locks down the civilized, the rule followers/law abiding. The mayhem causers will carry on as usual.
Example, this morning I5 just south of Seattle closed down from an early AM multiple collision with roll overs. Some animal behind the wheel rear ended a pickup truck “at a high rate of speed” meanwhile the cops chased down (shocking they made the effort) another drunk driver in the area and pit maneuvered him to a stop with an arrest.
They’ll be out in no time due to our “equity justice” in this state. Since the mayhem folks have no assets nothing long term will happen to them. What should happen is 20 years in the slammer for attempted murder by vehicle but there is no money upside to that for the state. Their attitude the hell with the suffering tax paying victims.
So I assume the natural “extension” of all of this will be the illegality of older “non communicative” vehicles to traverse the Gov.com roads? You know because of the crisis…….”If only one life is saved its worth it!” Sigh
Guess that’s why they’re building all those Big Brother data centers in the northern part of your state Eric, gonna need a lot of computing power and memory to handle all that information. Be great if we could find a way to just cut the power to the cooling system, whole place would melt down in about five minutes.
“promote the deployment of V2X technologies with the goal of advancing the full lifesaving potential of V2X communication, while ensuring that connected technologies communicate securely and without harmful interference across a variety of devices and platforms.”
The last bit has me worried: “without harmful interference across a variety of devices and platforms.”
Like my computer where I read the American Thinker that might criticize the government and its banana republic Marxist policies? Like this site where libertarian ideas are exchanged?
https://t.me/covidbc/19280
That was great, Pancho!
Made my morning!
Éric, youre a curmudgeon. And how to disableautocorrect in WhatsApp? I am too Old for this shit.
A number of points to consider.
If a lot of people can’t afford to buy a new car how will this latest round of “improvements” change that? They say they want safer roads but do nothing to stop illegals from driving on them or for that matter repairing unsafe roads. A possible solution might be a chain gang of illegal aliens filling potholes.
Sure you might be able to track every plated vehicle but what about out where the deer and antelope play? From what I’ve seen you want to hit a mouse and not a moose but both critters do cross roads. How will this technology deal with that?
What’s next-> smart bicycles?
In my humble opinion; a life without any challenges results in cognitive decline. Sure we all want to relax but the challenges we face serve to if not improve our character at least teach us something.
“In my humble opinion; a life without any challenges results in cognitive decline. Sure we all want to relax but the challenges we face serve to if not improve our character at least teach us something.”
I couldn’t agree more. That’s one reason I don’t participate in government by voting. I say bring it on. Put your demons into power and let them do their worst, so I can creatively counter their impositions into my life and freedom. It beats a life of useless toil and leisure. Bring the fight.
Oh, fuck these evil safety nazis. They claim their goal is to save precious lives, but they all worship on the alter of unlimited, state-funded abortions. Their stated goal is absolute bullshit. It’s a pretext for control and grift.
Cars nowadays already emit / are exposed to so much RF they can cook a ham. Now add buttplug’s V2X and cars will have to be hardened similar to spacecraft. Besides, it sounds like a rich target to be spoofed.
Driver deaths could easily be reduced for almost no cost. Just remind people that driving is a privilege and make the testing requirements realistic. Require recurrent testing every 5-10 years. Have real driver’s education, not just a blow-off study hall with gruesome car wreck movies.
We had to take dad’s license away this year. Mom had his physician administer some sort of test, which he didn’t come close to passing, and that was that. His license became an ID. He blames the doctors. I didn’t have the guts to tell him it was his wife, why stir up that hornet’s nest? In our family, ignorance is bliss…
Check out the sample test for Colorado:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc54bWiCy0TWVtzxUn7O7EAgPdqXe16A_U19RmDe3YPSYhHVQ/viewform?pli=1
How seriously do they expect us to take testing when they use Comic Sans in the practice test? If you can’t pass that test there’s seriously something wrong with you. But I’ll bet there are plenty of drivers who couldn’t pass it, even if they’ve been driving for years. But like employers cannot use IQ testing for screening applicants, the DOT has decided that testing shouldn’t be used for screening drivers. Let potential drivers take it multiple times before getting their permit (because everyone “knows” how to drive). Then, once you’ve passed it, you never have to test ever again. Or at least not until your wife gets worried about you coming home after dark. Anything less would be discriminatory and we can’t allow that.
And if you don’t pass, well, that’s OK just drive anyway. Why do we have “uninsured motorist” insurance? Because people are going to drive, qualified or not. Zoning laws that put the homes on one end of town and the factories on the other, with shopping districts in between mean you have to drive, especially in the big post-war boom towns out west. I doubt anyone could live in Dallas without a car. And post-COVID and ANTIFI probably not in the burned out husks of the east either.
Hi RK,
I agree with you. If they are going to require driver’s licenses, then they ought to be like pilot’s licenses in that you ought to be required to demonstrate the ability to actually drive. Which involves more than pushing down on pedals. A very straightforward way to do this would be to require a candidate to successfully pass an on-road driving test (like a solo) in a vehicle with a manual transmission. The candidate would need to demonstrate the ability to start off, smoothly – from a dead stop at the top of a hill, without the help of a “hill holder” clutch. He would have to competently park curbside, in between two already parked vehicles. Merge safely and correctly with high-speed traffic. Anyone who cannot competently do any of these three basic things is someone who does not know how to drive and ought not to be driving.
Man, you guys are sounding too much like authoritarian monsters. It’s spooky.
Next, you’ll want a horseback riders permit?
A walking permit?
A permit to run on a bike path?
A permit to have children?
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” – Helen Keller
Hi Helot,
That’s why I put “If” we must have driver’s licenses in italics. I prefer that we be free. But it’s absurd to have “licenses” that are just ID cards that correlate not at all to driving competence.
Is that “If” whatchya call, a slippery slope?
Hi Helot,
I get it! I was only trying to make the point about driver’s licenses having little if anything to do with ability to drive.
Indeed helot, no one gets out of this alive.
Of course the state knows this. It’s just a sales gimmick to get you on board with the constant control and surveillance they intend. Not for our benefit, but for their twisted desires.
I understand. In an ideal world people would self-police themselves and alternatives to driving yourself would be plentiful. But that’s not human nature. We see someone doing something that looks cool, and we want to do it too. How hard can it be if that guy’s doing it?
Free-climbing El Capitan without proper training is one thing. You’re mostly going to join the Darwin club alone. But untrained drivers sharing highways with me? No thank you. If there isn’t at least a baseline, better lawyer up, because that’s how fault will be determined.
And remember, while the FAA is in charge of implementing pilot certification and credentials, they’re not the ones doing the testing. The practical tests are performed by other pilots, who sign off on your certifications. And because the other pilots share the airspace they’re probably going to be harder on you than a drive school tester following the guidelines.
A good driver can avoid morons on the road. He just has to be attentive and anticipate the actions of others. Riding a motorcycle for years taught me that. The first rules I learned was never trust a green light, always assume another driver is going to hit you and always make sure you have room to maneuver around danger.
Indeed. It’s also good to be going a bit faster than traffic so your attention can be more focused.
The bikers credo- assume the other guy is going to do the stupidest, most dangerous thing possible, and plan accordingly.
Great quote, Helot!
Also, FYI, due to my woman’s hummingbird feeders, the hummingbirds at my place are nearly at epidemic levels. Also, also, I had a couple of honey bees invade my trailer yesterday. Pollinators everywhere. Thought you might like to know.
Helot, it’s amazing how fast people can become authoritative types. All that needs done is to use the word “safety” Works every time.
When I was a teen if you didn’t use a car with a standard your license read “automatic only”. Today they use computer games to ‘teach’ driving.
RK: I took the test for Private Pilot before there were hundreds of books and tapes with all the questions and answers. Today,,, You don’t need to know the subject,,, just memorize the answers!
“Point being, we’ve become a lot like them without most of us even seeing it.”
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2024/08/22/civilian-generals/
New cars are damn near like churches, you sit down, you stand up, you confess your sins, you ask for forgiveness, then you pray that you are delivered from evil. It’s a safety thing, you want to go to heaven, don’t you?
Jumping through hoops is a lot of fun! Obedience is so cool!
Then you can drive the god-forsaken thing, whatever any of them are anymore.
Who is God’s name wants to go to church every time they open their car door? Jesus H. Christ on a Crutch, save me from the madness, please.
God is watching us from a distance…
Gov is watching you from right where you are. Get a life, you don’t have one now, that’s for sure. That means you, dotgov.
For goodness sake, get a brain!
Another day on the planet and it’s bombs away again.
The eastern world is exploding to smithereens.
Mechanization is deadly at times, too. Like now.
Call it a great untethering or something.
Face it, there is no safety going on here.
‘Commit to zero fatalities,’ says the NRSS website. That’s absurd. It’s redolent of ‘zero tolerance’ for drugs, which as we know, have now totally disappeared. /lol
One of the nastier collaborationist groups in this strategy is the 5G Automotive Association, promoting C-V2X (Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything). As one might expect, it is infested with auto makers, cellular telcos, device makers, and other corporate cockroaches:
https://5gaa.org/members/
My cell phone is still 4G old tech. But new vehicles apparently are 5G devices, or soon will be. And these uppity devices want to chatter to each other all day long, without me — the owner — being able to intervene? No way to turn off the transponder and go dark? F*ck that noise.
Time to update that old ‘kill your TeeVee’ meme: in the Buttigieg era, it’s kill your car. If built after about 2012, it is your minder, your tattletale, and your enemy. Why pay for your own oppression? Turn on, tune in, drop out.
It’s redolent of ‘zero tolerance’ for drugs, which as we know, have now totally disappeared. /lol
Good analogy. There’s always going to be the driver who becomes overconfident because of the safety tech. “It’s OK to tailgate, the Brembo calipers will stop me!” Or drastically exceed the PSL because their tires are so much better than the old bias ply tires that were common back when the speed limits were set. But the closer you get to the apex of the technological curve, the less room for mistakes. Add in a text message or screwing around with the music player and you’re set up for a teaching moment.
This is a combination of three Georges, King George III, George Orwell and George Jetson.
And these same people will complain that there are too many people on the planet and they must be culled.
God save us.
Fortunately God will. But he does not mind a little help. So do your little bit. It all adds up.
They should be replaced with George Carlin.
“The government doesn’t care about you, or your children, or your rights, or your welfare, or your safety. It’s interested in its own power.”
“Authority is something that a freer spirit, a more independent mind, and a person who can handle the world, doesn’t need guidance from.”
“Governments don’t want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the State houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear.”
“Keep in mind, the news media are not independent; they are a sort of bulletin board and public relations firm for the ruling class-the people who run things. Those who decide what news you will or will not hear are paid by, and tolerated purely at the whim of, those who hold economic power. If the parent corporation doesn’t want you to know something, it won’t be on the news. Period. Or, at the very least, it will be slanted to suit them, and then rarely followed up.”
“We are a nation of sheep, and someone else owns the grass.”
“Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question everything that they read… Teach them to question everything.”
“I got this real moron thing I do, it’s called thinking and I’m not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions… I have certain rules I live by. My first rule, I don’t believe anything the government tells me… And I don’t take very seriously the media or the press in this country.”