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Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower and blame Kia for this, blame the NHTSA for making it legal to skimp out on immobilizers in the first place. Regulations ma

• pengaru 2y ago
  > Volkswagen has entered the chat
  • jshdhehe 2y ago
    Wow they will not live that down!
• tptacek 2y ago
  Since Kia/Hyundai is the only automotive group to have this problem, I'm going to go ahead continuing to blame them.
  • piva00 2y ago
    I agree and still it's also the lack of regulation that enabled it to happen, and 2nd order effects of it is the increase in carjackings. It's a pretty good argument for the regulation, since everyone else is already doing it just make it the standard.
  • searealist 2y ago
    Of course you are. The alternative is to blame the governments (of places like Chicago or Milwaukee), or the people doing the theft.
    • BoorishBears 2y ago
      Why are those alternatives for you? I find it very easy to hold the governments, people, and companies as all culpable in the own way.
      • bombcar 2y ago
        Exactly. The situation should be examined like the NTSB does for plane crashes, usually a proximate cause and other contributing causes. Maybe we’ll see a return of The Club™
• cryptonector 2y ago
  Lmao, good reference to u/bcantrill.
  • rideontime 2y ago
    ?
    • lambda 2y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10040429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10040429
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