Thanks Stan. The purpose of the legislation is regulation. Again, space didn’t
allow, but the text of the senate amendment requires NHTSA to develop a
requirement for a warning device.
> On Oct 28, 2017, at 11:31 AM, Stanley Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info>
> wrote:
>
> Nice piece Paul.
> I am quite a nitpicker myself but I do disagree with Igor’s stylistic
> comments; I think it flows well as is.
> However, one quibble I have is that you and the Auto Alliance people are
> talking about two different things (legislation vs. regulation) and I wish
> you could have highlighted that. But that is a minor point that would be
> totally lost on most people…
> stan
>
>> On Oct 27, 2017, at 9:56 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Igor,
>>
>> The Auto Alliance point regarding how long it would take to equip the fleet
>> is self refuting in that they said the same thing six years ago. More
>> importantly, I get only 900 words, so I have to pick my battles.
>>
>> In regard to the paragraph breaks, the first is debatable but a split
>> decision in my view and the editors. The Times philosophy says short graphs
>> are better.
>>
>> The graphs toward the end of the story are mandated by an immutable Times
>> style rule: every direct quote is a separate graph. That is written in
>> stone, and it seems to have worked well for at least 50 years.
>>
>> Paul via phone
>>
>>> On Oct 27, 2017, at 9:38 PM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Interesting... I didn't know such a technology already exists. Nor I had
>>> heard about the proposed regulation.
>>>
>>> Did NYT fire all their editors?
>>> I was a bit confused by a few things (of which most are what the editor
>>> should have noticed, such as #2 and #3):
>>>
>>> 1. Paul, I was expecting that you would refute this statement:
>>> " And the proposed mandate for notification technology in cars misses the
>>> targeted population, because so few parents of young children buy new
>>> cars.” -- First, some parents of young children are forced to buy a new car
>>> once the child is born, especially, if it is #3 and above. And even if most
>>> parents buy used cars, it is obvious that all new cars will soon become
>>> used (and eventually old).
>>>
>>> 2. There is a weird way how the text is broken into small paragraphs.
>>> The most obvious is the paragraph starting with "General Motors and
>>> Nissan..." is broken into two in the middle of the thought.
>>>
>>> The last three paragraphs also should have been one, me thinks.
>>>
>>> And "“The brain process is the same,” ...." should have been with the
>>> previous paragraph.
>>>
>>>
>>> 3. "One such system, the VitaSense, uses low-power radio to sense movement
>>> and breathing."
>>> I suspect the word "waves" is missing ("radio waves", not "radio").
>>>
>>> Sorry, I just couldn't help noticing these.
>>>
>>>
>>> Igor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ann sanfedele Fri, 27 Oct 2017 17:02:06 -0700 wrote:
>>>
>>> It is hard to imagine that this happens.. but it does too often :-(
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/automobiles/wheels/forgetting-a-child-in-a-back-seat-can-kill-cars-may-soon-warn-you.html
>>>
>>> ann
>>>
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