#USA #RightToRepair #Biden: "NHTSA claimed in its initial letter that repair was somehow dangerous, and that wireless diagnostics posed an “unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety” and would make cars less secure. This is exactly what car manufacturers argued in fear-mongering commercials that said ‘sexual predators’ would use wireless tools to stalk women in parking garages.
Tuesday, after widespread outrage from voters and consumer rights groups, NHTSA walked back its position in a letter to Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General Eric Haskell, stating that it had found a way to “advance our mutual interest in ensuring safe consumer choice for automotive repair and maintenance. NHTSA strongly supports the right to repair.”
The letter goes on to say that car manufacturers should sell devices to independent repair shops that do diagnostics “from within close physical proximity to the vehicle, without providing long-range remote access.” This was, of course, the plan all along, as no one was proposing that random repair shops be able to access people’s car from miles away."
https://www.404media.co/biden-administration-changes-mind-says-car-companies-shouldnt-ignore-overwhelmingly-popular-car-repair-law-anymore/
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