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Pretty minor issue. If I remember correctly, Ford had a lot of problems in the first few years they started using EPAS in their vehicles.

1) If a car fails its safety inspection, it does not belong on the road. Do you disagree with this? 2) Current passive safety devices have improved collision survival. You have a problem with that? You want to remove them? 3) Most collisions are the result of driver error. You don’t think that some active devices could help prevent collisions due to driver error? You also want to remove them? 4) If consumers want a less expensive vehicle wouldn’t it make sense to dispense with ‘luxury’ items like power equipment, carpeting, etc rather than ‘safety’ items? Or do you think that A/C and power windows and a sunroof are more important than ABS, active head restraints, etc.? 5) Would you let your infant children ride without being mounted in approved child seats? IF not why? Or is it because they represent improved safety for your upcoming ‘brood’. 6) Do you have an SUV or truck like vehicle for your wife to commute in? Is it for its perceived safety? Then aren’t you being hypocritical in decrying safety for the masses? 7) Do you believe that only those in pick-ups or SUV’s deserve to be ‘safe’, or do you agree that those who can only afford compact cars should also have built in safety features? 8) Although I kept mentioning facts, you have relied solely on your emotional responses. And then tried to ‘put words in my mouth’. I get it, your family originally had to rely on old, small cars. Well so did mine, when I was young. But I learned from that and moved on. Police officers use the term ‘deathtraps’ for a reason. It is not based on the vehicles age, but its condition.

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Child safety: Up until they’re 5-6 years old sure, mandatory safety seats strike me as a good idea. Keeping your kid until they’re 12 or more in a seat? I dunno, the statistics might back that up but it just looks preposterous at some point, but again some stats might change my mind.

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Finn, a “roadie” who says his work as a production manager in the entertainment industry has made him quite familiar with electrical systems, believes his modifications couldn’t possibly have affected the airbag system, calling GM’s alleged suggestion that they did “lies” and “bullshit.”

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One requirement for the 4L60E is that it demands input from a throttle position sensor (TPS). If your engine is equipped with any type of modern EFI, TPS is already part of the regime. But, if the engine is carbureted, this will require adapting a TPS. Luckily, HGM Automotive makes a slick TPS adapter that will bolt directly to a Holley, Edelbrock, or Q-jet carburetor. Other companies like Holley and Innovate also make TPS mounts, but we really like the HGM unit called Accu-Link. This is yet another expense that must be integrated into the cost of a 4L60E.

The 2019 Suzuki RM-Z450 is 10 percent improved over last year’s offering. The sad fact is that even if Suzuki’s engineers could have made the 2019 Suzuki RM-Z450 25 percent more ridable than last year’s model, it still would have trouble getting out of last place in the standings. It is that far behind the eight ball. Suzuki made the 2019 RM-Z450 a much more ridable bike than the 2018 by trying to make the rear shock more responsive to bumps. But, it has a long way to go. What would Suzuki need to do to change its fortunes in the 450 class? The RM-Z450 has to lose beaucoup pounds (it needs to drop 18 pounds to match the KTM 450SXF), add electric starting (as it sits, that would result in an unacceptable 246-pound bike), get rid of the weird BFRC shock (or make it work when changing directions in the rough), design a totally new engine (not just because the current engine is the slowest in the class, but because this powerplant is an ancient mariner), build a clutch that maximizes power (instead of slip), and find engineers and test riders who prioritize balance over partial fixes. 

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I think in at least some of the cases, detractors don’t like these active safety mechanisms because it forces them to admit that they aren’t as safe as they think they are. Every time the car beeps during a lane change, it’s a reminder that they didn’t use their signal like they should have. Every time the car beeps and applies the brakes when the car in front of them stops quickly, it reminds them that they were following too close.