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Kia could sell their cars with a giant button that says "BYPASS LOCK AND START IGNITION WITHOUT KEY" and it still wouldn't be their fault, at all.
by alexb_ 3y ago
Kia could sell their cars with a giant button that says "BYPASS LOCK AND START IGNITION WITHOUT KEY" and it still wouldn't be their fault, at all.
- gjsman-1000 3y agoAlso, this would be completely legal to sell. There’s no law requiring keys, or an immobilizer, or really any anti-theft technology. If you don’t like that, and I don’t, change the law. Don’t sue for something completely legal because it makes life inconvenient for a city. There is a long list of things cities find inconvenient, like bicycles without a built-in GPS, or even things as dumb as American flags in an upscale neighborhood.
- krisoft 3y ago> Don’t sue for something completely legal because it makes life inconvenient for a city. I don't understand this reasoning. The city believes there is already a law under which what the car manufacturer did is not legal. They and the car manufacturer will go in front of a judge where the city will need to prove this, while the lawyers of the car manufacturer will presumably argue otherwise. Should I be feeling bad for Kia that they have to justify their choices?
- jjk166 3y agoThe city is going to spend substantial time and taxpayer dollars to argue a legal theory that is extremely dubious at best. If private citizens want to sue for dumb reasons, that's their prerogative, but a public entity with lots of other problems to deal with is fair game for criticism when they engage in boondoggles.
- joseph_grobbles 3y ago[dead]