Will it ever be possible to have a non-connected car? If so, how? What would it actually take? This is not a ranty rhetorical question -- I'm actually wondering.
Here's the NHTSA report to Congress about this:
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/2023-07/Report-t...
> Section 24220, “ADVANCED IMPAIRED DRIVING TECHNOLOGY,” of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), directed that “not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a final rule prescribing a Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) under section 30111 of title 49, United States Code, that requires passenger motor vehicles manufactured after the effective date of that standard to be equipped with advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology.” Further, the issuance of the final rule is subject to subsection (e) “Timing,” which provides for an extension of the deadline if the FMVSS cannot meet the requirements of 49 USC 30111.
Now, I don't see anything in there about a "rmeote switch", and I don't understand how the "remote" bit would work to prevent DUI.
There's probably already a bunch of data being collected about cars parked at e.g. a bar for a few hours that's being used to train some AI to detect driving behaviors associated with drunk driving or something like that.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/how-figure-out-what-yo...