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Problem is that the US Government guarantees that vehicles sold here have met minimum safety requirements. The public relies on the government to have done that
by crowbahr 9y ago
Problem is that the US Government guarantees that vehicles sold here have met minimum safety requirements. The public relies on the government to have done that legwork.
Beyond that you would immediately get into jargon and confusing packaging for insurance and vehicle emissions. I was just buying dental insurance and the 4 different plans provided by a single provider had 30+ different fields each of which was subtly different. How am I, as a standard consumer, supposed to make sense of all of that... Much less compare it with the 3 other networks. Then add onto that another factor (the type of car I drive) into the same bag and it becomes just absurd.
I don't have a solution to the cheating but I feel like mandating open source software is a good step.
- edejong 9y agoSimple solutions: buy sensors to detect emissions or regularly check your car yourself. Spend money on experts, optionally working together with other owners of similar brand (community). Insist on buying models with open software. The point is, regulation here is failing because it is not community led. We need to take matters in our own hands to understand the difficulties, simplify and source it back to the government, if needed.