• originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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    6 months ago

    mmmm taste that free market. im sure that consumer will use their money to buy elsewhere, thereby telling volkswagon exactly how that behavior will be tolerated!

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      6 months ago

      yep. the invisible hand of the market will surely correct for this and everything will become just and good… as long as pesky regulations don’t stick their noses in it…

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      6 months ago

      No doubt exactly how Volkswagen went under when people stopped buying them because they maliciously tampered with emissions computers, literally poisoning people around their cars to make them look more efficient. Justice will no doubt be swift for these large organisations.

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    6 months ago

    There used to a joke that those OnStar systems would call the cops on you for DUI and every day that is closer to being reality. I don’t condone drinking and driving but the government invasion of privacy is pretty scary too.

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    6 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    According to a Chicago Sun-Times article, “the Car-Net trial period had ended, and a representative wanted $150 to restart the service and locate the SUV.”

    The detective pleaded, explaining the “extremely exigent circumstance,” but the representative didn’t budge, saying it was company policy, sheriff’s office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli said Friday.

    "Volkswagen has a procedure in place with a third-party provider for Car-Net Support Services involving emergency requests from law enforcement.

    A man wearing a mask got out of the BMW “and struggled to get into the victim’s Volkswagen, as she tried to keep her 2-year-old son safe,” the sheriff’s office said.

    The perpetrators fled, and the person who called 911 “rescued the child from the parking lot” before the boy could wander onto the busy roadway.

    When contacted by Ars today, Covelli said the sheriff’s office is still searching for the BMW and believes the car is still in the area.


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