Said it couldn't see her eyes. The car then automatically disabled

Surely hitting the pedals shows that she was awake?

Now there are questionable thing about this whole thing, but the actions the car was described as taking is a bit shitty.

I'm glad that average people are starting to talk about some of the mandatory "safety" features that governments are requiring and being present and always enabled.

Based upon how white and racist a lot of tech has been, I'm just waiting for the Ford that can't distinguish an epicanthic fold.

“I was in Europe” -> where? Why would the car be configured in English? I’ve rented cars in Spain, Germany, Denmark and France, and they were all in the country’s language.

“6 lane highway” -> again, where? Or is it meant 3 lanes per side? Because 6 lanes on each side are few and far between in Europe.

My car will get pissy when it’s in semi-self-driving and it can’t detect my hands on the steering wheel. It will start beeping and stuff for a very long time before slowing down and eventually stopping.

I’m also a bit surprised about the statement she couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Do people _not_ look at their dashboard when the car makes a noise to get their attention?

It’s also odd that she didn’t mention the actual car brand and model. This is 100% something that needs to be investigated and checked, and name and shame is the correct approach.

I doubt I see what this has to do with government tracking; it’s about making sure people don’t doze off. I don’t believe there’s any facial recognition involved.