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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by larsiusprime on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:23PM (#39985703)
If you get in an accident and the seat belt saves your life you do in fact have to replace (at least) the seat belt.
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by sokoloff on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:38PM (#39985773)
GP's point was the false-positives (cases where a seatbelt inertial lock locks in the absence of a collision) are a low three-figure event in the case of a SawStop rather than "you need to lean back against seat to let the belt unlock itself".

I don't think GP is objecting to the cost of a true-positive [in either the saw or seatbelt case] but rather to the cost of a false-positive.

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