The move comes as related industries are also looking to technology to solve big issues. For example, the trucking industry this week made a push to require large trucks to include speed limiters.
But not all of the headlines are positive: A Wired op-ed piece, written by iFixit founder Kyle Wiens, criticized the agricultural manufacturing firm John Deere for discouraging vehicle owners from repairing its vehicles by claiming copyright over the system’s software under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).