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What about safety?

• ChuckMcM 10y ago
  What about it? Such a car would always be just as safe as the day you bought it. One would have to sell new cars with the required level of safety equipment but it doesn't change the value proposition of a car that you can always get parts for. What are your thoughts about safety?
  • notahacker 10y ago
    I presume the user meant that vehicle safety tends to improve over time: a modern car is substantially safer than a 1960s model can readily be modified to be, thanks to radical body redesigns as well as innovations like ABS that might be possible to retrofit. I'm not sure the rate of improvement in safety has been quite so large since the mid 90s, but certainly wouldn't rule out significant safety innovations over the next 30 or 40 years that couldn't be retrofitted to a chassis built this decade.
    • ChuckMcM 10y ago
      I presumed the same thing. Safety, like any requirement, cannot be applied retroactively. It does not invalidate the concept of a product that is maintainable in its useful state indefinitely.