Thomas Massie’s Effort to Stop “Kill Switch” Mandate to Disable Vehicles
Jose Nino
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Despite making a heroic attempt to stop a “kill switch” technology mandate that the federal government would impose on all vehicles made in 2026 and beyond, Thomas Massie’s amendment was rejected by the United States House in a 229 to 201 vote,
The mandate was initially tacked on to the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which spurred Massie to make a move to defund it. The vote largely went along partisan lines, with 210 Democrats and 19 Republicans voting against Massie’s amendment. Only two Democrats voted with the 199 Republicans who supported Massie’s amendment. 8 House members abstained from voting. The kill switch mandate was a critical provision of the 2021 infrastructure law. Car manufacturers are forced by the legislation to integrate advanced driving technology designed to actively measure a driver’s performance and, if determined to be impaired, restrict or completely prevent the vehicle from operating.
While this legislation is promoted as a means of promoting safety, in reality, it provides the feds with unprecedented access to millions of Americans’ personal information and tracks a lot of their individual movement patterns.
The modern managerial state operates as a mechanism to modify people’s behavior. One way it can do so is by tracking every facet of people’s daily lives. From there, social engineers in DC can concoct nasty schemes to change people’s behavior with no respect for people’s constitutional freedoms.
Thomas Massie should be commended for his bravery here. However, he needs a lot more help if DC is going to move in a more pro-freedom direction.
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