The point was that the car may go through several owners over several decades. Must the manufacturer warrant the safety devices forever, independent in the absence of any requirement to service or inspect the vehicle? That is a tall order. Ed Price suggested the period might be the same time that the pollution controls are supposed to work. That kind of makes sense, except pollution controls are not safety devices and their failure isn't an opportunity to fleece a car manufacturer.
---------- >From: "Doug McKean" <dmck...@auspex.com> >To: "EMC-PSTC Discussion Group" <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> >Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues >Date: Thu, Jan 3, 2002, 4:43 PM > > > "Ken Javor" wrote: >> >> Curiosity. How long must airbags work? > > As long as you have the car, supposedly. Same with seat belts. > They're all safety features. Interestingly, if you have a cracked > or broken windshield, a cop *can* write you up for the car > being unsafe. I've never heard of it, but a classmate of mine > who became a statie told me when he saw a huge crack > in my windshield. > > I'm also under the impression that manufacturers are responsible > for maintaining a repair/replacement parts inventory to dealers > for only 10 years. Not sure about that one. > > - Doug McKean > > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org > Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old > messages are imported into the new server. > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
