Because it's your car.
Because liability laws already work just fine.
Because if you create an "accreditation" barrier to modifying hardware you own it'll end up being used for the cartelization of repair services rather than to improve safety.
Because liability laws already work just fine.
Because if you create an "accreditation" barrier to modifying hardware you own it'll end up being used for the cartelization of repair services rather than to improve safety.
Until you sell it. Buyer beware, I guess?
I agree with you in fact, but pointing out the likely reason why things like airbags might not be "user serviceable".
Obviously that would require accreditation but the accreditation bar for inspecting a car will be much lower than it would be for fixing it.
Or, you could take a different approach and just make it illegal to fix your own car if you're not part of a government mandated car fixing cartel.
I would support a law that requires a special, more in-depth inspection in order to sell a car. My area has a (kind of) similar law...if you are buying an R title vehicle from out of state, then you have to get an "enhanced" inspection, with pictures before you can register it. I like that law and I would support making the enhanced inspection manditory for all car sales...I would put the onus on the seller though, but that's just me.
I don't know how common it is (quite a lot I believe), but in my country (France), you need to provide a certificate of inspection guaranteeing that the car vital systems behave correctly when selling it.