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Originally Posted by JasH
Is it not a legal requirement to wear seat belts in USA?
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Originally Posted by drjoe66
And why those idiots not wearing a belt need to be protected makes even less sense....
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That's not the point.
Regulations, whatever they may be, are well known and well publicized.
Failing to pass them is a HUGE egg on the face of BMW AG engineers, and a reputation hit to the brand in the US.
Attempting to marginalize the issue by questioning the need to protect un-belted drivers, or focusing that the failed tests apply only to 5th percentile females, or that tests were failed only "marginally" - it's all weak and pathetic.
BMW knew what the test limits were.
BMW failed to engineer a solution to pass them.
They got caught 3+ years into production run, with 30+K vehicles on the road.
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