[thelist] Validation > pressure on software companies??

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Sat Jun 15 13:24:01 CDT 2002


On Saturday, June 15, 2002, at 04:51  pm, Judah McAuley wrote:

> Martin Burns wrote:
> <snip>
>> The day that I see signs on the road refusing entry to cars over a few
>> years old (and drivers happily complying) is the day I expect that to
>> be
>> accepted by most users.
>
> I don't know about the rules of the UK, but in my part of the US we
> don't allow all sorts of cars on the road.  Age isn't the criteria.  The
> criteria is standards compliance (sound familiar?).  Your car has to
> have certain safety features like seat belts, certain impact-rated
> bumpers, etc.  And it also has to meet environmental standards for fuel
> usage, exhaust emmissions, etc.

Yep same here. There *is* an age related criterion in the UK where if
your car is over 2 years old, it has to undergo testing to ensure that
it hasn't deteriorated into unsafeness. However, that's a wear and tear
thing, not a design thing. If your bodywork has rusted into tissuepaper,
it fails and you can't get your next road license without a pass
certificate.

Cheers
Martin
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