>-----Original Message----- >From: Ken Javor [mailto:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com] >Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:55 AM >To: Cortland Richmond; Andrew Carson >Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >Subject: Re: EMC-related safety issues > > > >Curiosity. How long must airbags work? A car can be driven >for two decades >or more, by an uncontrolled number of owners, and with no mandatory >inspection or service. How long is a manufacturer liable for >the proper >operation of those airbags? Same question for anti-lock >brakes. If the >warning light comes on and is ignored, who is at fault? If the warning >light is disabled by an owner, and the next owner suffers injury due to >improper operation of either of these systems, who is at >fault? Don't give >me the logical answer. I can figure that out. Knowing that >the culpable >seller is not a tempting target but the manufacturer is, in the present >climate some bright lawyer will come up with a rationale for suing the >manufacturer. It is the climate that must be changed and the >IEE guide that >started this thread, in my opinion, appeases this trend rather >than opposes >it. >
My non-expert opinion is that warranties on systems like air-bags, anti-lock brakes and seatbelts may have the same legal obligations as the Federal requirements for (fuel) Emission controls (IIRC, 6 years or 100k miles?). Ed Ed Price ed.pr...@cubic.com Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Systems San Diego, CA USA 858-505-2780 (Voice) 858-505-1583 (Fax) Military & Avionics EMC Services Is Our Specialty Shake-Bake-Shock - Metrology - Reliability Analysis ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
