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Old 02-10-2004, 12:32   #43
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Originally posted by Solid

a) some changes corporations are unwilling to push on themselves. Seatbelts and airbags are a good example, laws were created and now, through Say's Law, they are a standard feature in most forms of transport.
Your assumption here is that seatbelt and airbag laws are good things, and I'm not sure I agree with that.

Both are devices intended to protect people from themselves, and the laws that mandate them basically assume that people cannot be responsible for themselves. I disagree.

Also, those features have become major market features on a number of vehicles (as have ABS brakes, which are not mandated by law), even in countries where they are not mandated. Brands like Volvo started a market trend prior to any law, a trend which suppliers either respond to, or choose not to recognizing that limits their market.
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