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> Window controls are safety regulated modules in modern vehicles. They detect the closing force and reverse direction off the required motor torque exceeds av

> Window controls are safety regulated modules in modern vehicles. They detect the closing force and reverse direction off the required motor torque exceeds av threshold so that you can’t accidentally or intentionally choke someone with the windows. This feature is required by standards bodies and some regulators. All of this is achieved with a single <$1 part, fixed torque clutch... But who in the world wants to intentionally choke somebody with a power window? This add to the long list of absurd product liability regulations in the spirit of one demanding "do not operate the appliance with your genitals" to be printed on every stove.

dharmab 5y ago
I remember watching A Faster Horse, a documentary on the Mustang. There was an interview with an accountant type at Ford who pointed out a three cent difference in part cost per car multiplied to millions of dollars at their scale. A $1 part might have given him a heart attack.
- panick21 5y ago
  Seriously people need to watch Sandy Munro on YT. He literally went threw some calculations one the money you can save on removing a single fastner from the design. He was a former chief engineer at Ford and had his own company for decades now. He also worked in Ford Global Finical Head Quarters. When he sees some small board screwed down with to many screws he starts ranting.
imagi 5y ago
Kids/dogs plus automatic windows…
- HeyLaughingBoy 5y ago
  Literally the thought I had :-) Been there, yelled at the kid!
x0x0 5y ago
> But who in the world wants to intentionally choke somebody with a power window? children. eg: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=124854&page=1 https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=124854&page=1 > A 1997 government study by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis estimated power windows sent nearly 500 people to emergency rooms in one year, and that half the victims were small children.
dragonwriter 5y ago
> > the sameso that you can’t accidentally or intentionally choke someone with the windows. > But who in the world wants to intentionally choke somebody with a power window? Accidental is the more significant problem, particularly with children.
panick21 5y ago
Clearly you haven't watched the movie 'Snatch'.

dharmab 5y ago

I remember watching A Faster Horse, a documentary on the Mustang. There was an interview with an accountant type at Ford who pointed out a three cent difference in part cost per car multiplied to millions of dollars at their scale. A $1 part might have given him a heart attack.

panick21 5y ago
Seriously people need to watch Sandy Munro on YT. He literally went threw some calculations one the money you can save on removing a single fastner from the design. He was a former chief engineer at Ford and had his own company for decades now. He also worked in Ford Global Finical Head Quarters. When he sees some small board screwed down with to many screws he starts ranting.

imagi 5y ago

Kids/dogs plus automatic windows…

HeyLaughingBoy 5y ago
Literally the thought I had :-) Been there, yelled at the kid!

x0x0 5y ago

> But who in the world wants to intentionally choke somebody with a power window? children. eg: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=124854&page=1 https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=124854&page=1 > A 1997 government study by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis estimated power windows sent nearly 500 people to emergency rooms in one year, and that half the victims were small children.

dragonwriter 5y ago

> > the sameso that you can’t accidentally or intentionally choke someone with the windows. > But who in the world wants to intentionally choke somebody with a power window? Accidental is the more significant problem, particularly with children.

panick21 5y ago

Clearly you haven't watched the movie 'Snatch'.