Whether it’s an example of predictive programming or prescience, the old Rush song about the guy who makes a banzai run in his illegalized old car seems to have nailed our elaborating reality = back when it seemed like science fiction.Especially the part about the alloy air cars that chased the Red Barchetta. Something like them is being developed by Kia – and probably not just Kia.
The PV5 is a real alloy air car.
It is an AI-driven “patrol car” that has a “situational awareness system powered by artificial intelligence” with “high-resolution cameras” that are capable of searching for “specific visual cues tied to keywords. If “red shirt” is entered as a search term, the AI cameras “can identify clothing colors or bag shapes in real time,” to identify and locate the red-shirt-wearing target. “This capability is expected to help improve the speed and efficiency of locating missing persons or suspects.”
Who can be tracked down via drones sicced on them by the PV5.
Just like in that old song. The Red Barchetta is pursued by what amount to the same thing. Back then, “drone” was not a word in common currency. So alloy air car it was.
I spin around with shrieking tires, to run the deadly race . . .Go screaming through the valley as another joins the chase.
The old saying used to be that you can’t outrun Motorola – meaning, police radio. How about police – government – drones?
Kia’s alloy air car can “analyze human postures and movement patterns to identify people who may have collapsed or detect individuals carrying objects such as knives, clubs or guns, and issue alerts. Additionally, a crowd-monitoring function will send alerts in advance if the number of people in a specific area exceeds preset thresholds.”
Italics added. You can almost hear the AI voice. Citizens! This protest is not authorized! Disperse and return to your cubicles! If they do not, the drones can be deployed. No mention of sonic disrupters and other methods of crowd dispersion but they are probably working on that. Or just haven’t mentioned that – yet.
It is as usual all being framed in a “public safety” and “for our own good” kind of way.
Junsoo Do, who is the head of something called the Future Security Police Bureau at the Korean National Police Agency (more about that in a moment) says the Kia alloy air car “marks an important step toward a more advanced patrol vehicle that is intended to improve both on-site response and public safety.” Also that it is “expected to help with early emergency detection, broader patrol coverage and more efficient use of police resources.” The KNPA even has a Judge Dredd-style golden eagle logo.
“Efficient” being a working synonym for more relentless and unavoidable. Now, that would be ok if we were talking about apprehending actual criminals. The thing is, the majority of what the police do doesn’t involve criminals – unless you equate “criminal” with law-breaking. There is a distinction there and it used to be considered important. Probably because it was generally understood that the great majority of people aren’t criminals, in the sense that the great majority never commit acts of violence, such as murder, rape, theft, etc. The problem is this definition of criminal leaves police with little to do. It also leaves their employer – the government – with less power to pester and interfere with people who aren’t criminals. That is why so many laws have been passed creating offenses that involve no criminality. It serves to make “criminals” – at least potentially – out of everyone.
Remember when it was a “crime” to go for a walk in public without a for-appearances-only mask over your face? To show you were playing along with the hysteria (and thereby helping to maintain it)? Kia’s alloy air car would have been very “efficient” at dealing with “COVID” kabuki refusers. It will be very “efficient” at dealing with anyone who transgresses the Motor Law – per Red Barchetta. That is to say, anyhow who dares to drive an unsanctioned, disconnected car outside the lanes.
At the one-lane bridge I leave the giants stranded
At the riverside
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle
At the fireside…
The difficulty for us will be escaping the actual alloy air cars.
Oh, and how about that national police business? In Korea, they have this; i.e., a centralized police force that enforces every law emitted by the national government. We in America do not have a national police force – yet. There are still local sheriffs and county cops and that helps diffuse the Authority of the government a little bit.
But Trump appears to be laying the foundations for a national police force, via ICE – which already operates far away from the border. In fact, it operates everywhere it wants to. Add REAL ID and biometric passports and they may not even need alloy air cars to prevent any Red Barchetta’ing.
It’s a good day, I think, to take the Trans-Am out for a drive.
Before I’m not allowed to do that anymore.
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Looks like Robocop was actually a documentary sent back in time as a warning.
This is Robocop ED-009. Can’t wait for the inevitable armed version.
I’m sure things will be fine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYsulVXpgYg
I think Koreas road to madness began with US encouragement. When I was there it was a pretty well functioning, high trust, low crime society. Back then, they would have balked at the idea of the KIA PV-5. People didn’t lock their doors and were friendly, even with ugly Americans. Poor by our standards, a hard working, decent people, with a government that was focused mostly on the external threat from the north, not so much the always imagined internal one. You had armed checkpoints along the main highway. But once you got away from that, things were mostly tranquilo.
Police were pretty laid back as long as you weren’t an ass. They seemed to have the ability to solve incidents without escalating, then walk away, as opposed to our police. Watched a ‘riot’ one night from the roof of the Naaja hotel in Seoul. It wasn’t like here, where a bunch of spoiled children chimp out and break shit that isn’t theirs, The protesters were only banging drums, waving huge flags, shouting chants until the police decided time was up, then it turned into a brawl.
It was fascinating to watch from above as the ebb and flow of students to police went back and forth, lines breaking down, then reformed upon the arrival of a busload of riot troops. As I learned later from a trusted local, the protestors had some pretty legitimate long standing grievances.
Aside from some terrible food and alcohol choices Korea doesn’t deserve the third world fate being forced upon them. They would probably have reunited with the North on their own accord, if not for the skull/fuckery of our deep state interfering in their internal affairs. They seemed like the kind of people that just wanted to be left alone. Now, just another cautionary tale of what happens when Globo/homo decides a certain people/place can no longer be allowed to have nice things. And, a warning to avoid billionaire bankers bearing gifts.
Hope you have a great drive today in the TA, Eric.
Imagine its psycho reactive program when EVERY human it encounters is fully armed and aiming that weapon directly at it fully intending to destroy it in any possible way.
Aka Talmud.
It’s hard to take the 250th anniversary celebration thing too seriously. One could step through each sentence of the Declaration and Constitution and find the government “of the people” is wholly at odds with the principles upon which the politicians and military swear allegiance to.
Article on Lew Rockwell to this effect: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/05/ryan-mcmaken/we-are-living-in-the-fourth-american-republic/
Glad to see it’s not just the United States who’s envious of China’s Social Credit Score.
All this new and expensive “first responders” tech is just the defense industry trying to go down-market and open up new sales. US cops don’t need this stuff. What they need is a shift in attitude toward property destruction and disruption of civil order. We know who’s caused the most damage over the last 10 years, yet these people are presented as heroes of the left, not the nouveau-jacobin wing of The Democratic Socialist Party.
All the AI detection cameras and drones aren’t going to do diddly squat until “society” remakes property rights a fundamental pillar of human existence. The collectivism that took root in the 1960s (seeds planted in the 1930s) isn’t going away, it’s now multigenerational. The message of jealousy and envy have to end, but I have no idea how to do it. “Be happy with what you have” isn’t a strong pitch when you’re slammed with TikTok influencers paid to shill only because they look good in tights. Not to mention the “influencers” who push whatever they’re paid to talk about without any disclosure that the post is a paid ad.
The only property rights that matter in our talmudic dicatorship are those promised by god 3000 years. Everything was given to a certain group according to their book written by god. The rest of us have been using what is theirs and they are going to reclaim everything soon. It’s a nice feeling to know that Palestinianization applies to everyone. I wonder how long the lifespan is in a Palantir Camp?
Why do you peddle propagandistic nonsense? China does not have a social credit score system. Let me repeat that. China does not have a social credit score system.
Apologize for going off-topic, but did not see a recent anti-EV article. This X post states that China has sold more EVs in the past year than ICE vehicles for the first time ever:
https://x.com/KingKong9888/status/2050115471853101246
The guy posits that EV adoption in China is mostly about “energy independence” but does not mention anything about the restrictive aspect of EVs (long charging times, lower range, etc.). He does correctly point out that CO2 reduction is not a goal.
A response to the post asked whether China has incorporated the “big brother tech” now required in the good old USA. I thought, “why should they have to?” Adoption of EVs in China is mostly because of the low prices (most likely government subsidized) vs. ICE. Who knows what the Chinese pay for electricity – maybe it’s all free for them. Two approaches to the same problem – China controls their people by pushing them to adopt EVs, while the USA controls people with the nanny tech and constant surveillance.
Sales figures in China are highly suspect. The CCP rewards manufacturers for units sold, not production. So many of the sales are just paper. Then they’re shipped out to massive parking lots where they rot. Same thing happened with bicycles, and even apartment buildings. The CCP views it as a success because it put people to work. The owners of the manufacturer like it because they get big bucks from the party and prestige within the party. No one seems to notice the ‘unseen’ though, what could have been done with all those resources.
Eric,
With skyrocketing fuel prices and insurance premiums, the gov’t may not need to be so crude as to prohibit you from driving your Trans-Am; the high gas prices will make it difficult to drive it much at all.
Well, it won’t be long before fuel rationing hits. If you think gasoline is high now, wait until there isn’t enough to go around to the peasants. Donny and Bessent won’t be able to contain the paper oil prices much longer when the price of Physical oil won’t abide by the market manipulation.
That’s true too. The laws of physics and economics cannot be obviated forever; sooner or later, they’ll assert themselves. However, higher fuel prices will impose rationing without formally imposing it, a la WWII; people won’t be able to afford as much, so that’ll serve as a de facto ration.
Governments that have gone drunk with power during COVID could well use such vehicles in the “next pandemic” the Bill Gateses of the world keep telling us is coming to enforce draconian measures or mandates for people to take the next experimental vaxx made by the criminal drug cartel known as Big Pharma. And people who STILL belieeeeeeeeeeve the COVID/ COVID vaxx narratives will probably cheer such actions taken by government to go after “Anti-vaxxers” or “Mask refusers”.
Indeed, John. Lord Acton was correct in his comment on power. This sounds terrible, but look at how many bodies they will be able to stuff into the back of this vehicle? Our enemies are certainly preparing for our future…
Hi Shadow,
It’s astounding how there are STILL people who think that the answer to the problems we’re currently facing is enacting MORE LAWS, putting Democrats back in power despite the fact that many Democrat politicians have grown drunk with power as seen just a few years ago under guise of “COVID emergency”, or growing government even bigger than it already is. However, it’s become increasingly obvious the past several years that the federal government, along with many state governments, are either deeply corrupt or rotted by corporate influence (e.g. the Military-industrial complex or Big Pharma’s tremendous influence over Congress and the federal Public Health agencies). If there was one thing “The Left” actually got right it was Big Pharma’s influence over the federal government, but oddly enough, after COVID, many of them flipped and acted like Pharma’s biggest shills.
Yep. And then when they got sick from the shot, they blamed the un-vaxed for their troubles. Telling us we “…should have warned us”. You really cannot make this stuff up.
You should see the people who have a hysterical reaction to those who merely want to reduce the number of (unnecessary) vaccinations for children or eliminate vaccine mandates altogether. “They’re science deniers!”, “Millions of children will DIE!”, “Diseases that have been wiped out by vaccines will come roaring back!”, etc.
Why is it that everyday I get the feeling that I’m living in a dystopian hellscape?
As for the Alloy Air Cars, I’m sure they’ll be handy to deal with the impending food riots…
Elites from the beginning of time have dreamed of ways to control the serfs.
Physical force was the low tech go to.
Then the manipulation of money.
But the problem was always in manpower. Not enough bodies to constantly monitor us all.
Tech has made that dream possible.
It will grow and get worse from a freedom perspective.
Too true Dan,
The Tech Bros have given govco the all seeing Eye of Sauron, the wet dream of control freaks. The old East German Stasi had nothing comparable to today’s surveillance network.
Enjoy the Trans AM while you can, Eric. I have not seen (or rode in) one of those in years. I read an article this morning, where Minnesota is one step away from banning what they call ‘Classic Cars’. Which apparently, is similar to the legislation in California. I surmise any vehicle that cannot be controlled will fall under such a heading, and not just fine vehicles like yours. This video is from Car Coach Reports via YouTube. This past week, feeds have been exploding with regards to the upcoming, kill switch technology for the 2027 model vehicles. Will it be enough for the crooks in Congress to kill the kill switch? Meh, I have my doubts, but time will tell soon enough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F79NIUokDDw
The “kill switch” is a passive detection device that reads your BAC and, if it’s above the legal limit, stops you from driving the car. It doesn’t enable external gov’t intervention that turns off your car; i.e. a gov’t agent can’t just disable your car. Secondly, NHTSA hasn’t finished promulgating the regs for it. Finally, the car companies haven’t developed the tech to implement the device anyway.
‘Haven’t developed the tech’ is a key point. Passive alcohol sensors cannot be put into daily use because they aren’t accurate enough, and generate too many false positives.
Thus the use of indirect methods such as driver attention monitoring via those two infrared eyes invisibly blinking at you.
Any car with over the air connectivity already has more tech than is needed for a remote kill switch. It’s already here and has been for a while.
The real problem is he very concept, some things are intolerable and unthinkable in a free society. And yet most normal people have accepted this Faustian bargain.
Communism, weapons control, and this allowing outside control of your car, your home, hell- your own body via “mandated” quackcines all fall far across that red line.
How long before people in South Korea mass escape to the North?
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
– Ayn Rand
Perhaps the best analysis Rand ever penned.
Unlike the USA, citizens of other countries routinely argue with their police personnel and do not risk being “blown away”. Yes, this is relatively common in communist-run countries. I’ve seen this behavior in other countries where police personnel actually respect the citizenry.
Of course, it doesn’t help that American police departments receive israel-style training to keep us Palestinians in line.
Remember Abu Ghraib? The USA military personnel were using tactics right out of the israeli IOF playbook.
Here in the USA, we are all Palestinians now…
They don’t merely argue, they resist and fight back. American copping is the crux of the cancer. Without “law enforcers” the government is powerless.