Hello friends, again I had an interesting dream. I'm posting it here because i think that "i am supposed to post any dream i have relating to topics on this website on this forum". To be honest though, the dream doesn't "feel" inspired... anyway here goes:
The government put a device on our cars that prevented us from driving unless we got permission. I complained about it to friends/relatives but they responded with personal attacks - "why are you making such a big deal about this, you're annoying to be around".
There was some sort of activation event where a certain proportion (50% ish) of the population fell under the influence of the dark powers that be. Things started going bad in Austin where I live, so I tried to leave town, which was against the rules, and I had to walk because of the car thing.
People who were activated tried to stop me - they were sneaky too, there would be people who acted totally normal and friendly, but once they got the chance betrayed me (telling me to the government authorities who didn't want me to leave). I was very worried that my brother, who is LGBT, was activated and secretly under their influence, and I never figured out if he was or not. I got to a farm and stayed there with the owner, who later took under his wing someone who was "activated" - said person acted like they were normal until they turned us in to the authorities (for what, I don't know) and the authorities killed the owner. As a side note, I don't know if this is normal or not, but the dream occurred in this dream version of Austin Texas - I have seen this place multiple times across various dreams. It consistently has the same features in my dreams - features which aren't there in reality.
This week a state thruway added gates at each on/off ramp. A few years ago they removed toll booths, and installed tracking ID devices, auto-billing. It made entering/exiting so smooth, and traffic was safer, calmer, well-paced.
They said there would be times they'd need gates to stop traffic, to clean up roads, etc.
To some extent, there's already a level of remote control. I asked an auto engineer (after someone scoffed), who said yes there's potential for hacking incidents.
I've heard remote "stops" are possible when owners/renters have not made payments in time.
In the last few years, there have been odd news reports of cars accidentally crashing into garages, dodging barriers at bridges-- some even went airborne.
CA airborne. Ytb even has compilations.
Driverless
SmartCar sharing, App locks/unlocks.
Wiki: "John Hays Hammond, Jr., invented and patented methods for wireless control of ships starting in 1910."
It's frustrating that we can't go back to simpler choices.
I read articles, but then file it in "Don't need to know" category because I want things to stay the same.
For many years, we saw predictions that implied our government was suspect for domineering actions. But everything is so intertwined, and countries do compete on many levels, and representatives differ in stance; so it's difficult to find the source of oppressive controls.
It seems a key point in this, was the unplugged farm seemed the logical safe place, but it wasn't safe enough.