520: Are car kill switches a step too far?

The boys drink and review Vixen Irish Style Red Ale by Old Bust Head, then discuss a provision from the infrastructure bill that was designed to prevent drunk driving.

The mandate is that all cars after 2026 would have a system to monitor the driver to ensure he's not drunk, in which case it will shut down the car. This system would monitor the face of the driver and all conversations in the car.

Who came up with this, and why isn't there more conversation about it?

This law gives the government a back-door switch to decide who can and who can't drive. The justification is to stop drunk driving, but of course it will be expanded beyond that.

P&C discuss all the ways this could go wrong and how the government and other bad actors could use this in devious and dangerous ways.

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