- Back Seat Baby: Have airbags become a Rube Goldberg machine?
-
The classic prescriptive mandate is the airbag. Bulky, expensive, undeniably useful, and we have no idea what far better ideas airbags crowd out of our vehicles. - How to make life easier for car thieves
-
Petition for exemption from parts-making requirement 49 CFR part 543, required antitheft devices as standard equipment. - Prescriptive vs. performance mandates
-
Do performance mandates matter? They’re arguably better than prescriptive mandates, but they still divert progress away from real progress and toward bureaucratic definitions.
More Information
- Can a weak battery destroy an alternator?
- “Absolutely yes. I sell alternators all day every day - and a poor battery is often the root cause of alternator failure.”
