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by Zigurd 832 days ago
You are assuming the same people blaming C-suite execs at Boeing would not blame the same people who OK'ed high grilles on pickup trucks that caused an increase in pedestrian deaths. That might be a bad assumption. "But there's no specific law," and "but consumer choice" don't cut it.

Change the incentives, change the targets of incentives, change the results.
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roenxi 832 days ago
> But there's no specific law," ... don't cut it.

That does cut it. It is crazy to criminally prosecute someone if they haven't broken any law.

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Zigurd 831 days ago
Cars are regulated for safety. High grills and raised trucks kill. Pedestrian deaths in the US go up because of these things while they are going down in the rest of the world. Are you really suggesting that we must have a law against high grills? Or does that fit a regulatory framework?
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roenxi 830 days ago
> Are you really suggesting that we must have a law against high grills?

No. I'm suggesting that if there is a criminal inquiry into safety defects of a product, it should target the company as an entity, not company officers.

And that we should maintain consistent standards; ie, display more tolerance of Boeing's performance than people are showing.

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