Comment Re:Inaccurate headline. (Score 1) 649
Even multi-million dollar safes are not tamper proof. There are some pretty ingenious people out there that can get around just about and method.
Even multi-million dollar safes are not tamper proof. There are some pretty ingenious people out there that can get around just about and method.
And if their car catches on fire then they only have themselves to blame for not knowing what they are doing.
Which they will deny and blame the car company since all evidence of their tampering will have been destroyed. Fire burn chips but old fashioned mods leave evidence.
The car and everything it's made of is my property and what I want to do with it is my choice.
A statement said by many people right up until something goes wrong and they sue the manufacturer.
Does tinkering with anything in the car always affect the ECU?
No and that is not what this is about. As I said the headline in inaccurate.
And even then, does absolutely any possible change to the ECU always cause the vehicle to violate safety or environmental regulations?
Not absolutely but there is a very high probability that it might.
Drinking is not always related to driving. Tinkering with an ECU is always related to driving. See the difference?
Modding for performance usually means tinkering with spark timing, injection timing, fuel pressure, etc which increase the likelihood of an engine fire.
And when the mod for performance causes and engine fire where the ECU is destroyed and all evidence of modification is gone?
If the ECU mod causes a car fire and the ECU is destroyed how do you verify that the ECU was modded?
OEMs and their main lobbying organization say car's ECUs have become too complex and dangerous for consumers and third parties to handle.
FTFY
then the person would be held responsible if or when that modification was discovered.
What if the modification is not discovered? The manufacturer gets the blame.
making it illegal for you to drink alcohol if you happen to have a driver's license
Bad analogy. One can drink alcohol while holding a driver's license and still not drive. Once the ECU is modified it will effect the vehicle any time it is driven.
My point is that like drunk driving, and laws that prohibit that activity
Are there safety standards for engine timing, fuel pump pressures, max fuel flow, etc? These parameters could improve the power output but could lead to an engine explosion. In that explosion any evidence of tampering may be destroyed and the manufacturer would be held responsible.
From the article;
Industry concerns are mounting that modifying these ECUs and the software coding that runs them could lead to vulnerabilities in vehicle safety and cyber security. Imagine an amateur makes a coding mistake that causes brakes to fail and a car crash ensues. Furthermore, automakers say these modifications could render cars non-compliant with environmental laws that regulate emissions.
This is not about replacing brakes, oil changes, replacing spark plugs, etc. It is about making software changes that most people do not have the experience or knowledge to do.
Thank you.
If you mean this map you might notice that the percentages are based on number of countries and not population. By population the statistics are very different.
Although many nations have abolished capital punishment, over 60% of the world's population live in countries where executions take place, such as China, India, the United States and Indonesia, the four most-populous countries in the world, which continue to apply the death penalty
My comment was to counter the idea that there was no way he could be a serious threat. All I was saying is that he might be armed. There is something between "ignore him" and "shoot him down". It is called watchful waiting. Set up at the Capitol Lawn and follow him with a helicopter filming it all the way. If he deviates from his stated plan then shot him down.
They can and do.
We should not have to register vehicles, obtain drivers licenses, social security numbers, license plates, or submit to other forms of identification.
How do can you identify the owner of a vehicle and whether or not it has been stolen without registration? How do you verify that a person knows how to drive and the rules of the road without driver's licenses? How do you confirm that a person is who they say they are without a social security number? How do you identify a vehicle that has left the scene of an accident without a license plate?
It's not impossible to arrest someone for committing murder in a system without driver licenses or taxi licenses.
"Impossible" is a pretty high standard. There are also other lesser crimes that are much better dealt with from a license number rather than a name. Do you know how many Bob Smiths there are?
As a human being we should have a right to run a business without interference unless our actions are interfering with the rights of others.
How do you identify a person who has interfered with the rights of others and is no longer allowed to run the business?
You don't have a right to pollute the waters, but you do have a right to drive people without being licensed.
Where is this "right" written down? Who has agreed this is a "right"? Oh right, this would be your opinion. Too bad it is not the opinion of most people.
At the same time people have the right to refuse business with unlicensed drivers.
So every passenger would have to checks the driver's license, registration, insurance and inspection report before getting into a cab? That is why there are taxi licenses so the passenger can be sure that these checks have already been done.
IF I HAD A MINE SHAFT, I don't think I would just abandon it. There's got to be a better way. -- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988.
