Originally Posted by
tallard
2 points:
1-Everything you mentiond remains safely LOCKED inside the car (except the spd bump
when the person goes walking about. If motorists had to drag those items around (incl the spd bump
, it would be an entirely different scenario.
2-The writing of a law needs to have an overwhelming cause. Laws aren't written for an entire society that will change only 1-2 lives. Laws written without proper cause/justification are simply bureaucracy pushed either by people/companies who stand to profit, including profits for the lawyers writing these laws (or Moms against this and that, anything to require OTHERS to take responsibility for their own children)
So mandatory lights can't be installed without braze-ons and one-way screws. I remember hearing years ago of a guy who had his forth car radio stolen, who took and put a drop of solder on the screw threads so that the screws could not be removed without requiring a soldering iron.
As for laws, there are are laws requiring bicycle lights be used at certain times, extending those law to state that they must be equipped with lights at all times, to be deemed road worthy, and that lights must be installed before being sold, isn't really a stretch. We already have such requirements for reflectors in many places. It would be difficult for weight weenies who spend thousands of dollars to save a few grams, to have bicycles suddenly 400g heavier due to the lights.