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[–] [email protected] 110 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (39 children)

Cool, he vetoed one thing that I agree should have been vetoed.

People are not getting into speeding accidents because they don't know they are speeding. This would solve nothing, but would be a distraction any time it triggers off an incorrectly indexed speed limit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (16 children)

I assume the idea is to be like the seatbelt beeps: they prevent the unwanted behavior by being too annoying to ignore for more than a few seconds.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn't bother someone who's deaf and blind. They'd just continue driving the wrong way down the highway, blissfully unaware.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

“You’re going the wrong way!”

“He says we’re going the wrong way... Oh, he’s drunk. How would he know where we’re going?”

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