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Originally Posted by Buddahaid
One might make a similar argument that if you back over a kid on a tricycle in your car, and didn't buy the back up camera with a proximity sensor, that it's the auto manufacturers fault for not making the equipment standard in the first place.
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And that perfectly illustrates why safety features don't appear. Manufacturers can't offer them as options because, having the most money in the transaction, if the driver gets it and doesn't turn it on, that's the manufacturer's fault. If the customer doesn't buy the option, then that's the manufacturer's fault. If the driver has a fully functioning backup camera and backs over the tricycle anyway, that's also the manufacturer's fault. It keeps safety equipment from being deployed because of the misuse of the legal system as a lottery with much better odds.
These manufacturers are not our enemy. They make possible the things we enjoy in life. Vendettas to put them out of business are much more dangerous than the real or imagined faults they pretend to remedy.