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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1247209/all-cars-sold-in-the-eu-now-require-a-camera-aimed-at-your-face-its-still-not-clear-wher

Starting July 7, 2026, every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera aimed at your face. Glance at your phone, your kids in the back seat, or the radio for too long, and the car will flash a warning light and sound an alert.

Automakers have known this was coming for years. What they, and EU regulators, have never spelled out is what happens to that footage after the alert goes off.

While the intention behind the new system is difficult to dispute, its implementation has raised several concerns. Early real-world testing suggests the distraction warnings can be overly sensitive and potentially distracting.

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[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago
[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Same sort of thing coming to the US because of course.

I just bought an EV that was made before 2020. I'm going to learn all about rebuilding EV batteries.

[–] Escape13@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

You know you can just tape it?

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[–] realitista@lemmus.org 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Can they see my girlfriend giving me a blowjob?

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, can they see this guy's girlfriend giving us blowjobs? And who is paying for the gas? I mean, it's this guy's car presumably, unless his partner is just VERY accommodating. Either way though, I'm the guest in this scenario and shouldn't be expected to cover that.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Get the fuck out of my car, now!

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

You know what, this has gotten pretty hostile and weird, I think Julie and I would both feel better if you left the car.

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[–] Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago (29 children)

My 2021 car has this. it has no cellular data connection or significant internal storage and the camera just has what I assume is a very basic neural net that looks for signs of distraction. like the eye tracker modules some phones and laptops have. These are low-res greyscale IR cameras usually.

I'm OK with it, and it's helped me out a few times, though I know some cars are more aggressive and beep at you just for looking at your own mirrors.

Some cars however have full time cabin recording that you dont have much control over, and some do have full time data connections that could theoretically send some kind of snapshots on events, but they arent going to do full time video streaming or uploading large video files.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

how has it helped you?

The only thing I can think of is that it detected you were sleepy when you knew that and had already chosen to continue driving

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[–] Prox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What happens when you wear sunglasses?

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

Believe it or not, straight to jail.

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