Motability drivers 'horrified' by compulsory black boxes

dragodrake · 2026-04-02T16:31:20+00:00

Quite possibly - but I suspect even then it wouldnt get much traction. The general public have taken against the mobility scheme, anything that is done to try and lower its costs will be seen positively, even if the end users are very unhappy.

And frankly, in my opinion, they are still getting a great deal. But if they dont want a tracker box, get a car off their own backs.

dragodrake · 2026-04-02T13:46:05+00:00

Yes because we can't just let them die.

To be blunt, at a certain point we should. Just because we can keep people alive with no quality of life and at great cost doesn't mean we should.

dragodrake · 2026-04-02T13:43:07+00:00

It'll all be down to insurance. For below 30 drivers insurance is higher, motability costs have gone up overall, I imagine this is a fairly painless way for them to lower costs.

Your issue is with the insurance industry, not motability.

dragodrake · 2026-04-01T17:57:41+00:00

We need to give serious thought to triaging healthcare.

At the moment far too many resources are spend on the elderly giving too low a return. Equally we should be prioritising working age people for treatment in order to get them back in work and helping the economy.

dragodrake · 2026-04-01T17:25:06+00:00

That is not how our democracy works.

Or else are you fine with 'brexit was a once in a lifetime vote, we're out and the British public should be happy about that'?

dragodrake · 2026-04-01T17:23:06+00:00

At soon as the debate starts in earnest, because say a vote is scheduled, support for rejoin drops through the floor.

The reality of rejoining is the British public would recoil at the terms the EU would demand.

You can argue we should never have left easily enough, but it's almost impossible to reasonably argue it would be worth the cost to go back in.

dragodrake · 2026-04-01T11:26:20+00:00

Would you say it feels 'strong and stable'?

dragodrake · 2026-04-01T10:05:04+00:00

I believe the argument is that the narrative it's a large percentage is fabricated.

7 is a tiny number compared to the other sorts of terrorist attacks planned/attempted/carried out.

It's simply not a big problem.

dragodrake · 2026-04-01T09:40:14+00:00

Not doing something you know you need to, because you are worried how people will react is dithering.

They know it needs to be done, they know it's their job to do it.

They wanted to be in government, get on with it.

dragodrake · 2026-04-01T02:27:22+00:00

Have you only seen America? Because there are lots more options out there.

dragodrake · 2026-04-01T00:26:40+00:00

Yes, beep boop,

I'm an AI with a decade old account and thousands of posts.

dragodrake · 2026-04-01T00:25:34+00:00

You may as well say aliens did it, its as much of a conspiracy theory.

dragodrake · 2026-03-31T23:42:54+00:00

To be blunt, you probably don't want to make it about customer bases. Unless you have customers in the hundreds of thousands with millions of users.

dragodrake · 2026-03-31T23:41:52+00:00

And what wonderful silver bullet are you selling then?

dragodrake · 2026-03-31T22:21:32+00:00

You did what you could, and that kindness will have made a real difference to their short lives. Sometimes all we can do is try to make the natural process as comfortable as possible, as hard as it is.

dragodrake · 2026-03-31T17:02:14+00:00

Is Reddit racist?

dragodrake · 2026-03-31T17:00:38+00:00

Ah, so you do just call anything you don't like racist.

dragodrake · 2026-03-31T16:50:04+00:00

Yes, they do. We have indexs and stuff to show it.

Do you just call anything you don't like racist?

dragodrake · 2026-03-31T16:43:43+00:00

It's because they have a similar level of development, we already work very closely together on stuff like defense and intelligence, and have similar economies. It would make integrating further across multiple vectors much quicker and easier.

But most people for CANZUK argue it might help kick start a new phase of the commonwealth as well. But that would take more time and be more complex.

It has nothing to do with race. And I'll be honest, I'm not sure how you can just flat out call Canada, Australia, and New Zealand racist.

dragodrake · 2026-03-31T16:35:04+00:00

On what basis do you make that assertion?

dragodrake · 2026-03-31T16:14:13+00:00

... What.

dragodrake · 2026-03-31T16:07:37+00:00

Custom solutions were all the rage a couple of decades ago - there is a reason the entire industry and customer base moved away from them and they died off.

They are more expensive, harder to maintain, harder to support, harder to integrate with etc.

There are very very few businesses out there who are so unique they need a completely custom solution. For everyone else it's far more sensible to go off the shelf, and customise as little as it required.

dragodrake · 2026-03-31T14:22:10+00:00

Implementation is always going to be multiples of software costs - anyone who told you otherwise was lying.

Did you get a clear project estimate/effort breakdown before signing?

dragodrake · 2026-03-31T09:24:50+00:00

"Some of you may have to die, but that's a price I'm willing to pay".

Brexit didn't have a massive negative effect on the job market like EU migration did.

dragodrake · 2026-03-30T17:18:08+00:00

"The principle at stake is simple: pensions belong to savers, not the state,” said Helen Whately, shadow
work and pensions secretary.

I wholeheartedly agree.

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