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Re:The Cancelled Comma One Would Have Embarrassed the Car In... by tptacek on Monday October 31, 2016 @07:37PM (#12841967)
People have a lot of theories about what this letter meant, but the people on HN who have actually worked with NHTSA orders say the order means just what it says it means, and that NHTSA is pretty reasonable to work with.

Certainly the questions in the order --- I posted them on the first thread about the comma one --- seemed pretty basic and reasonable.

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Re:The Cancelled Comma One Would Have Embarrassed the Car In... by shadowshadow on Monday October 31, 2016 @10:05PM (#12842823)
The questions were reasonable, but the cover letter was very negative.

Could you point me to comments with first hand NHTSA experience? I didn't see any.

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Re:The Cancelled Comma One Would Have Embarrassed the Car In... by tptacek on Monday October 31, 2016 @10:12PM (#12842848)
The cover letter was very "do not blow off the NHTSA". One commenter who had experience with NHTSA provided examples of orders they sent other companies with similar language.
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Re:The Cancelled Comma One Would Have Embarrassed the Car In... by shadowshadow on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @01:53AM (#12843714)
I assume you mean this comment? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12819423

The listed special orders were the pretext to $70m, $35m and $105m fines. Doesn't inspire confidence.

It might just be reporting bias, but I couldn't find an example of a special order that wasn't associated with a massive scandal.

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Re:The Cancelled Comma One Would Have Embarrassed the Car In... by jacquesm on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @06:56AM (#12844632)
The idea is that you comply with the request, not ignore it. Those fines only kick in if you decide to go ahead anyway.
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