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Mandatory cb radio. That easy. Don't even require people to talk, just make it a requirement that a cb radio capable of transmitting be kept on in every vehicle. Dedicated band for this so you don't clog other traffic ofc, and very low tx power maybe 200mW
Little Kevin modding his radio to blast shitty music at everyone within line of sight
True. Very likely that channel would be jammed into hell pretty quick. My suggestion: have a digital callsign related to your VIN built into the radio. And as much as I hate proprietary hardware, make the radio not work without it. If you tx without it, same or worse penalties as ie jamming a ham band.
That said I'm totally putting a botnet on the inter-car network and using it for a distributed pirate radio station lol
Yes, that would need to be ticketable or result in a fine.
The channel would not just be for yelling at each other. You could get traffic warnings, ask directions when the GPS is being weird, or ... you know ... just talk to people.
Of course. Im thinking of something like cb, but more casual. Keep using CB as-is for longer range important stuff with proper radio etiquette, but require the super short range yap network as basic local comms. And yeah gov't could have a dedicated channel with high power for traffic alerts, give NOAA a channel, etc. Have the receive function work passively like a scanner.
Yes. This would put the "person" back into driving. People would no longer be in their car sanctuary while driving. If someone was on their phone you could call them out.
We ARE meant to communicate with each other while driving. Brakes, turn signals, horns ... this would just be an extra safety step.
That would never work because American local governments are too self-aggrandizing. It would just be filled with ads for whatever local city council member’s pet projects. We can’t even keep emergency alerts sane here. Where I live there is a Presidential alert, an Emergency alert, an Amber alert, a Silver alert, a Blue alert, and an Ebony alert. Probably more, I can’t keep track of it all.
Actually I think it would be even more stupid: it would be a robot voice reading out long links to Tweets.
That would be ticketable or result in a fine. Also, yes, they could easily find who is broadcasting that.
Not a fine, revocation of vehicle