A Brillant Idea (that will never happen)
motorhead
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
This is off topic - so feel free to skip. But this is brilliant.
By now, I'm sure you've heard about the massive automobile recall due to allegedly defective air bags. Industry analysts project the cost of the recall to be between $5-$6 billion
They say the bad airbags have caused 6 deaths and about 100 injuries. I wish some researcher who is as cold-hearted as I am would conduct a cost-benefit analysis.
Just dong some thinking outside of the box...I won't bore you with the math, but I calculate we could far better utilize that six billion dollars. Approximately 100 people are killed EACH DAY in motor vehicle accidents. That money could hire about 120,000 additional police officers. I bet they could save more than 6 lives. We could install breathalyzer locks on about 1 out of 4 cars in the U.S. I bet 6 lives PER DAY could be saved.
Off my soap box.
By now, I'm sure you've heard about the massive automobile recall due to allegedly defective air bags. Industry analysts project the cost of the recall to be between $5-$6 billion
They say the bad airbags have caused 6 deaths and about 100 injuries. I wish some researcher who is as cold-hearted as I am would conduct a cost-benefit analysis.
Just dong some thinking outside of the box...I won't bore you with the math, but I calculate we could far better utilize that six billion dollars. Approximately 100 people are killed EACH DAY in motor vehicle accidents. That money could hire about 120,000 additional police officers. I bet they could save more than 6 lives. We could install breathalyzer locks on about 1 out of 4 cars in the U.S. I bet 6 lives PER DAY could be saved.
Off my soap box.
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But RickyBoy routine drives home drunk when at the clubs. It's what real men do, after all. You want to stop that? What are you? A fucking pussy?
Rech, Dodge did the same thing Recently with the Jeep Cherokee and their gas tank problems. NTSB bowed to them Jeep hired the head of NTSB after he left. Looks really bad.. So Dodge got their socks sued off in the end and will probably appeal that.
Rechthaberei,
See my PM about the Pinto crash
But it's cool when Dugly's ole buddy LMN did it. Right Dugly?
Truer words were never spoken!
I doubt that will ever come to light because if the public found out that the auto makers knowingly put in a deadly defective "safety device" It would cause Toyota to withdraw from the US market. (Toyota has the largest share of the vehicle on the list)
How about the feds force automakers, period?
Cars were much more enjoyable before the nanny state took over the car business and most every other business as well!
Government motto should be, "They are to stupid to take care of themselves."
I say, "natural selection" worked just fine since the beginning of time.
I think the main problems of the criminal justice system are poor priorities and bad culture. If they spend the money they get already better, they might not need any more, even allowing for elimination of "crimes" that are really just a money-grab by the government.
The US gov should order the Fed to loan money to Google to finish the development of self-driving car technology ASAP. If Google is as non-evil as they claim, they will only ask for a reasonable profit on the tech, and license it to all car makers. That will prevent a crapload more accident deaths than this huge recall.