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Originally Posted by stephen low
A thoughful piece Baz.
It may push the price up for manufacturers to better document the process but as you say, the manufacturer, owner and traffic authorities then have a far easier time getting approvals done. This in the end negates the extra expense anyway.
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Unfortunately it will negate the industry away. The manufacturers are doing it tough as it is. I dont think they are making massive margins without adding a couple of grand to the cost of a unit.
Just to test my seat and seat belt anchors the quote was well over $10k plus the cost of seats, belts and chassis as all could be damaged. I dont know how many they sell a year but im guessing its in the 10s not 100s. That doesnt include any of the other testing.
Yes it would make it easier, but there just might not be any manufacturers in business.