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Because it's your car. Because liability laws already work just fine. Because if you create an "accreditation" barrier to modifying hardware you own it'll end
by pydry 3y ago
Because it's your car.
Because liability laws already work just fine.
Because if you create an "accreditation" barrier to modifying hardware you own it'll end up being used for the cartelization of repair services rather than to improve safety.
- JKCalhoun 3y ago> Because it's your car. Until you sell it. Buyer beware, I guess? I agree with you in fact, but pointing out the likely reason why things like airbags might not be "user serviceable".
- pydry 3y agoI'd be all on board with a law that mandates a vehicle inspection certificate if you want to sell a car. I think buyers would probably like that too. It would cut down on lemons. It would make the second hand car market more efficient. Obviously that would require accreditation but the accreditation bar for inspecting a car will be much lower than it would be for fixing it. Or, you could take a different approach and just make it illegal to fix your own car if you're not part of a government mandated car fixing cartel.
- ilovetux 3y agoWhile it is not a law (in my area at least), I would not buy a car without a recent inspection. I would support a law that requires a special, more in-depth inspection in order to sell a car. My area has a (kind of) similar law...if you are buying an R title vehicle from out of state, then you have to get an "enhanced" inspection, with pictures before you can register it. I like that law and I would support making the enhanced inspection manditory for all car sales...I would put the onus on the seller though, but that's just me.
- shakow 3y ago> Buyer beware, I guess? I don't know how common it is (quite a lot I believe), but in my country (France), you need to provide a certificate of inspection guaranteeing that the car vital systems behave correctly when selling it.
- yazan94 3y agoFor better or for worse, there are no such mandatory inspections nor certificates required when selling your car in the USA. Its a common trope/issue that people can often get misled by sellers when buying a vehicle, either by the seller clearing the engine codes or some other shady practice that would keep the car looking good until it drives off the lot
- shakow 3y agoI see, thanks for the context.