Here in the US, within a few months there would be youtube videos on how to disable that.

I have a friend who could do that for me --- resulting in driving in the EU with a not road legal car => resulting in no insurance coverage in case of an accident if found out.


US citizens are not the same as Europeans. The US government listens to its citizens better than the non-elected EU government listens to Europeans.

There was a time the our government had the bright safety idea of requiring the front seat occupants to fasten their seat belts before the car would start. A bit of a problem when the driver would put packages on the passenger seat that made the car think there was a passenger. You could reset the lockout by raising the hood and pushing a button tucked away UNDER THE HOOD, and it would let you try to start the car ONCE. If the car didn't start on the first try, you had to go under the hood again. Very annoying for a woman wearing high heels and it was raining.

People let the Federal government about their displeasure and they soon canceled that law.