This especially wild when you think how you supposed to read that on the dash with your eyes closed anyway?
An Asian guy is doing 63 in a 65.
Not swerving. Not on his phone. Lexus writes him up anyway:
CLOSED EYES DETECTED
LOOK FORWARD
An infrared camera in the steering column just scored his eyelids.
That is the product. Not a chime. A gaze model aimed at a specific face, deciding whether this man is allowed to look like he’s paying attention.
These systems fail unevenly. Eye shape, lid fold, glasses, height, lighting — the model was not built around every face it now polices. So the car doesn’t just watch you. It guesses. And when it guesses wrong, the dash still treats you like a problem.
You can mute the beep.
You cannot fire the camera.
Lexus says the face video “stays in the car.” The driving file does not: speed, braking, steering, attention flags. A behavior profile with a safety sticker on it.
This is the emerging surveillance state in a personal vehicle. You bought the car. They kept a supervisor. Blink, sit too low, or have the wrong face for the sensor, and the cabin writes you up.
A car that watches your eyes is not a feature. It is a checkpoint you take home.
Should a vehicle be allowed to monitor a driver’s face? I say “no.” What say you?
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NWH don’t deserve the 93 but if it’s anywhere near Spiderman 2… boyyyyyyyy
‘SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY’ has debuted with 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Highest rated live-action Spider-Man movie, tied with ‘Spider-Man 2’ & ‘No Way Home’.
Read our review: bit.ly/DFBND
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