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Between that and the emissions cheating (VW & others), it shows our safety standards enforcement is not as good as it should be. Not because cheating exists an
by two_handfuls 3y ago
Between that and the emissions cheating (VW & others), it shows our safety standards enforcement is not as good as it should be.
Not because cheating exists and they are caught, but because it lasted so long before being caught.
- GuB-42 3y agoI think it is hard to find a balance between enforcement, realism and stringency. If you make enforcement hard and standards stringent, with no realism, you will get cars that are optimized to pass a test that doesn't help in practice. If you make enforcement hard and tests that are realistic but too easy, you will get an improvement, but maybe not as good as it may be. And if you loosen up on enforcement and make test that are both realistic and stringent, manufacturers will cheat. If you make all three hard, you just shift the problem, manufacturers will either optimize for tests, do not enough, or cheat depending on what is the balance between the three.
- ngneer 3y agoYou make a good point. How to induce people to do the right thing? The carrot? The stick? Having a checklist? Inculcating a safety culture? All of the above? If you are cheating, then typically you know you are cheating. I am going to assume these people knew, even if Toyota at large did not.