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"Right To Repair" Bill Advances In Massachusetts
Wannabe Code Monkey sends along an article from the Patriot Ledger about an effort in Massachusetts to pass a "Right to Repair" bill. "Since the advent of congressionally mandated computers in vehicles more than 15 years ago (for emissions), cars have evolved into complex machines that are no longer just mechanical. Computers now monitor and control most systems in the car from brakes to tire pressure and all the electronics and engine fluids... [and] car manufacturers continue to hold back on some of the information that your mechanic needs in order to properly repair your car and reset your codes and warning lights... Massachusetts is now poised to solve this problem and car-driving consumers should pay attention this fall when the Massachusetts Legislature takes up landmark legislation that would force manufacturers to respect the right of consumers to access their own repair information. The legislation, known as Right to Repair, is seen by car manufacturers as a threat to the lucrative service business in their dealerships and they are massing their lobbyists on Beacon Hill in an effort to defeat it."
As a Ron Paul troll, my only comeback is that I shouldn't have to pay taxes, therefore I can ignore most of your argument.
Ford's a damn commie company for putting a computer in my car. Next, they're gonna want to take away my guns.
You are welcome on my lawn.
YES!!! OMFG GOVERNMENT TO THE RESCUE!!!!
"Since the advent of congressionally mandated computers in vehicles more than 15 years ago (for emissions)"
YES!!!! OMFG GOVERNMENT CAUSED THE PROBLEM!!!!
When will you drones figure it out. I dont want government regulating every thing. All it ever does is destroy industries to such an extent that it creates a barrier to entry to where they are reduced to several large megaconglomerates that become "too big to fail". Ever hear of the law of unintended consequences? All this law is going to do is give automotive lobbyists (and unions to boot) more legitimacy in demanding "bail out" money. I mean, they are going to create a cost, and either that cost is going to be passed to the consumer via increased vehicle price, taxes, or both (hey, fuck they the little guy all around).
I am fairly certain, not even having read the law, that this would be like using cyanide to cure a headache. Patient dead, but the pain is gone.
20th century Marxism is not progress...