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> Was there a rash of children jumping out of cars that lead to its creation? No, there was a rash of carjackings in the 1990s. It was where someone would walk
by gwbas1c 1y ago
> Was there a rash of children jumping out of cars that lead to its creation?
No, there was a rash of carjackings in the 1990s. It was where someone would walk up to a car stopped at an intersection and open the door.
- ethbr1 1y agoThat seems an equally insane reason to make every car everywhere auto-lock on drive, given the safety considerations of default unlocked. By all means let's increase common risk severity for everyone in order to demonstrate we're doing something about a rare tail risk. /s