•      "The unpleasant truth is that lawmakers slipped into a massive spending bill a mandate that stands to require all new vehicles to have AI-driven technology that can disable your vehicle if the technology determines you’ve had one beer too many. And fact-checkers are using headlines to make it sound as if the legislation does no such thing. It’s true there is currently no mechanism in the legislation that would require law enforcement to be notified if drivers are suspected of inebriation. But the Associated Press notes that the law “leaves most of the details up to NHTSA” (the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) to determine at a future date. From my reading of the bill, there is nothing in the legislation that would prevent NHTSA from requesting or receiving this data… Maybe this shouldn’t be surprising. In a world where traffic cameras, license plate readers, NSA mass surveillance, intelligence-gathering “fusion centers,” and widespread warrantless searches are ubiquitous, privacy might seem like a quaint idea. But it’s one the Framers of the American system took seriously… I’m not a constitutional scholar, but it seems to me that the federal government’s requiring automobile manufacturers to install a system that spies on its driver — and disables his car if transgressions are suspected — hardly meets this constitutional standard." Source: Jonathan Miltimore, Former Senior Creative Strategist at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)

•      "The vehicle ‘kill-switch’ is precisely the kind of overreach that will empower regulatory agencies to manage behavior without votes by elected representatives in Congress or real accountability. We must oppose this erosion of civil liberties and not set this precedent for government monitoring of everyday Americans. Kill switch technology will not be confined to one narrow purpose, no matter what its proponents believe or claim." Source: Clyde Wayne Crews, Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)

•      "I do not support the vehicle kill switch mandate and I never will. Letting A.I. decide whether someone can drive their own vehicle is a dystopian nightmare. There are better, more reliable ways to keep the roads safe that don’t involve constantly monitoring millions of innocent people. The potential for abuse is too high. So are the chances that the system could make a mistake, leaving someone stranded in an emergency. I don’t hate EVs; I hate Biden-era EV mandates that increase cost and take away consumer choice. That’s why I worked with President Trump to repeal them. I’ve always been a proponent of choice; if advanced safety features are available, then Americans should have the right to choose to use that safety feature. But under no circumstances should the government ever mandate anything that will result in the blanket surveillance of lawful citizens." Source: Rep. John James (Republican, Michigan, District 10)