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> Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Washingt

by kevbin 6y ago

> Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Washington state are all considering broad [right-to-repair] laws that would apply to most of the stuff we use everyday. Meanwhile, in Sacramento, it is illegal to repair your own car at your own home. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26421495 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26421495

ghaff 6y ago
Massachusetts had to go for round 2 of their legislation because Tesla in particular was using a loophole to get around it: https://www.vice.com/en/article/93wy8v/newly-passed-right-to-repair-law-will-fundamentally-change-tesla-repair https://www.vice.com/en/article/93wy8v/newly-passed-right-to...
fasteddie31003 6y ago
Just looked into that law. It does exist https://code-enforcement.saccounty.net/Programs/pages/autorepair.aspx https://code-enforcement.saccounty.net/Programs/pages/autore... I remember when I lived in SF and I would repair my own car and everyone kinda looked at me weird. Maybe it was because people probably thought I was stealing a catalytic converter or something.
Nextgrid 6y ago
This is a bit misleading. The Sacramento regulation appears to be about zoning to dissuade commercial repair operations on residential grounds. This is bad, but is not really "anti repair" any more than not being allowed to operate a bar/food service business out of your own home.
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- autorepair 6y ago
  Unfortunately the law is more draconian. The FAQ of the law provided by a comment below says 1. only minor repairs are explicitly allowed 2. only using tools found in a typical household. 3. it lists specific examples of what is allowed (brakes, oil, tire changes) and says all repairs must be like that 4. Must be in an enclosed space if the repair takes more than 24 hours (so no restoring an old beauty on your private driveway). Pretty much only trivial fixes are allowed. https://code-enforcement.saccounty.net/Programs/pages/autorepair.aspx https://code-enforcement.saccounty.net/Programs/pages/autore... https://code-enforcement.saccounty.net/Programs/pages/autorepair.aspx https://code-enforcement.saccounty.net/Programs/pages/autore...

by kevbin 6y ago

ghaff 6y ago

Massachusetts had to go for round 2 of their legislation because Tesla in particular was using a loophole to get around it: https://www.vice.com/en/article/93wy8v/newly-passed-right-to-repair-law-will-fundamentally-change-tesla-repair https://www.vice.com/en/article/93wy8v/newly-passed-right-to...

fasteddie31003 6y ago

Just looked into that law. It does exist https://code-enforcement.saccounty.net/Programs/pages/autorepair.aspx https://code-enforcement.saccounty.net/Programs/pages/autore... I remember when I lived in SF and I would repair my own car and everyone kinda looked at me weird. Maybe it was because people probably thought I was stealing a catalytic converter or something.

Nextgrid 6y ago

This is a bit misleading. The Sacramento regulation appears to be about zoning to dissuade commercial repair operations on residential grounds. This is bad, but is not really "anti repair" any more than not being allowed to operate a bar/food service business out of your own home.

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autorepair 6y ago
Unfortunately the law is more draconian. The FAQ of the law provided by a comment below says 1. only minor repairs are explicitly allowed 2. only using tools found in a typical household. 3. it lists specific examples of what is allowed (brakes, oil, tire changes) and says all repairs must be like that 4. Must be in an enclosed space if the repair takes more than 24 hours (so no restoring an old beauty on your private driveway). Pretty much only trivial fixes are allowed. https://code-enforcement.saccounty.net/Programs/pages/autorepair.aspx https://code-enforcement.saccounty.net/Programs/pages/autore... https://code-enforcement.saccounty.net/Programs/pages/autorepair.aspx https://code-enforcement.saccounty.net/Programs/pages/autore...