Comment by akira2501
7 months ago
> the economic benefit calculation
You mean their _estimate_?
> Even if you add sales + economic benefits, it's less than cost injuries.
Provided no new error modes are revealed, like overall reduction in safety due to over reliance on safety systems and their perceived infallibility even under prolonged conditions of zero maintenance.
Not that this has _ever_ happened before.
> The CPSC has done this analysis (3 times now)
They've done this before and have been appealed before and have had their "rulings" overturned before. They should stick to recalls. Attempting to use estimates to ban products is not, to me, valid due process.
> "i'm sure X"
You're using quotes around something I didn't even remotely say. I said, "my suspicion is." Your response is one government agency has done estimates that we should just worship?
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