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Removing the Modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid (arkadiyt.com)
submitted 3 days ago by poVoq@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bluetooth phone calls?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I suppose, though a BT headset seems less intrusive

[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It is against traffic laws to be wearing anything on your ears in many places. I got pulled over in Colorado in around 2010 for having one ear of a wired headset on. Didn’t get a ticket, but still sucked.

It’s something about being able to hear sirens and stuff around you. It’s dumb because people will blast music as loud as they want but having one ear covered gets you in trouble.

[–] BiggestPiggest@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Deaf people can drive though

[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Oh, I know. And I wonder how many people with large hearing aids get pulled over too.

[–] HydraulicMonkey@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Deaf people spend their entire live deaf and they adapt. They don't suddenly become deaf when they start driving.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Deaf people spend their entire live(sic) deaf

Except for the ones that don't. Do you really not know about hearing loss?

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Some drivers suddenly become deaf but don’t suddenly stop driving though too.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Agreed. That sounds like needless legislation.

[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

More to do with the Doppler effect than anything dealing with sound deadening. You also don't point the pipes the direction your going .

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

point the pipes the direction your going

Don't give those assholes any ideas.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Even if they did, it would work terribly.