What worries me more is the proposal in there (apparently) that all cars will have a black box which records all driver input, speed and so on. So whilst the system is switchable and you can over-ride it, if you do that and then crash I don't like to think about the consequences for the driver. Equally I don't know what is already recorded and what engineers could access through current ECU and data logging etc... so this could be a moot point.
My view, as others have expressed, is that this will make 2020 and 20201 cars very valuable indeed unless there is some sort of retrofit required for older cars (which I doubt). My plan is therefore to save up, by a 2021 M5 and then enjoy! No-one will want a high performance car with a "spy" built in.
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