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>Woa, is driving without airbags even legal nowadays I'm sure new vehicles require them in the US. But there's very wide latitude on safety feature requirement
by ghaff 2y ago
>Woa, is driving without airbags even legal nowadays
I'm sure new vehicles require them in the US. But there's very wide latitude on safety feature requirements for older vehicles in the US.
- bobthepanda 2y agoThere’s also often exceptions and issues when it comes to one agency in the government trying to enforce rules on another. Notably, the death toll on 9/11 was made worse because the state used its authority to override the local building code which would have required more staircases and further spacing of them. Or any locality trying to enforce payment of parking tickets from higher entities or even their own off duty officers.
- ghaff 2y agoAnd there are antique plates etc. States are generally very hesitant to forbid people to drive their cars unless there's something that poses a serious imminent threat to others.
- SoftTalker 2y agoBecause not enough people own really old cars for it to be worth worrying about. And as you note, and increased endangerment is generally to the owner.
- hprotagonist 2y ago“it was legal when i bought it, so it’s legal now!”
- ghaff 2y agoMore like it was legal when someone originally bought it. (With some caveats.)
- Scoundreller 2y agoBetter than aviation: "it was legal when we got it approved it, so it's legal to manufacture now!" (decades later) (I like the discussion about this example: https://www.flightglobal.com/airbus-challenges-737-grandfather-allowance/16468.article https://www.flightglobal.com/airbus-challenges-737-grandfath... )
- winrid 2y agoMany things are this way. The number of houses in the silicon valley that still have knob and tube wiring is kind of hilarious. Can't build new houses with it, but grandfathered in until you have to make changes.
- Qwertious 2y agoThere's an exception for quadricycles IIRC (very small cars).