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The main reason is safety; in many parts of the world, an automatic emergency call in case of an accident is mandatory. For this to be possible, the car needs to be connected. I know Russia, China, Japan, and the EU have these rules. I think it was mandatory in parts of the US as well, but I'm not sure.

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[–] sudo@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago

Who's safety though? The car owner that chooses to not have this system? The other driver that can choose whether or not to have such a system? The inanimate infrastructure that was involved in the accident?

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

You can have a car make an emergency automated call without having the car company, their partners, and the government inserted 3 feet up your rectum tracking everything everywhere.

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[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago

I just want to point out that in order to call emergency services on mobile networks you don't need a sim card nor a modem or writing telemetry on the nand so often and so much that it bricks the car within a few years

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