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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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