I would like to make the problem of customer avoidance clear so people realize what corporations are doing. I would like to show you what I mean through an example... The makers of cars are being hustled because babies die of heat now whose fault is this... the guy who left the baby in the hot car, the maker of the car that didn’t design the car to maintain a cooler temperature by tinted windows or the maker of the baby seat witch did not indicate to the parents that the car was getting to hot... it seems to me leaving the baby in the car would be your fault... and it doesn’t appear to me that there is anything the makers of the baby seat can do about it.. but this is why the car company’s are being hassled... just because they didn’t think of putting a baby indicating device in the car doesn’t mean that they have too. but now that they know that it is a problem not to put a baby indicating device in the car would be a corporate disregard for humans. Now you might say but it would cause the price to go up… the only reason the price should go up is if they market it as an accessory witch would be disregard for humans because they are making you pay for something that could keep your baby alive. And you say well what about the cost of designing a baby device.. all that needs to be done is have a baby indicator you can turn on that basically dose the same thing as the dinging when you open your door in some cars. And why isn’t the dinging of the door an indicator ? because people don’t notice the dinging as a baby indicator because the dinging is for the door and it is harder to turn your perception about the door dinging into an baby indication. That is why the car companies should give the option to change the dinging into a baby indicator by a button of some sort for free and if they didn’t it would be disregard for humans. but in the defense of corporations if I made a product ( a toy ) and some kid choked on ( age of the kid doesn’t matter ) and I was sued for it then that would be disregard for corporations witch really pisses me off because you see this happen all the time.
I am not sure how important dinging is, but putting an expiration date on child seats is something I think needs looking in to, just what spoils the plastic?
Hey are we now going to have a new department of vehicle enviornment and family responsibility? Will some member of this administration govern our lives now when it comes to our cars?
Right now I think car seats expire in seven years. Just long enough for you to need it for another kid. Have to go buy a new one or the insurance companies won't pay off after an accident. Who wins, the insurance companies and the seat manufacturers. You kid uses two different sized ones in their lifespans, when you want to use the second sized seat for your second child, it's expired, want your child insured, buy another sixty dollar seat. Can't even sell the old ones at thrift stores. Your milk has a better chance of turning bad than that car seat, but oh well! http://www.nbc5.com/target5/13933341/detail.html What about the seat that remains stored in a garage after a child dies of sudden infant death, only to be pulled out for the next child seven years later...the sun and use deteriorated that seat? How? Let's allow those companies to be free of liability through tort reform, that says most consumers don't know what they are talking about. Furniture manufactures want to jump on the bandwagon, why not make sofas have an expiration date, or refrigerators and washers and dryers? Want a captive market, lobby congress. But let's allow lead based toys and toxic pet foods to be sold here.
Seems like no one is responsible for their own actions anymore. "It can not be my fault, I will sue someone to relieve my guilt and make some dough" I think all lawsuits in America should be Loser Pays. If you are going to sue someone, you better make sure you can win. Frivolous lawsuits cause large settlements and increased legal fees. And we wonder why the price of some things is so high.
Not everything is a conspiracy, much less the concept of plastic going brittle over time. It isn't whether or not the child is still technically useable but the manner in which it will react in a crash; the same way that older hardhats crack much easier than new ones (and thus expire). I fail to see how car seats would be any different.
