MFG Ratings what are the limiting factors
I know this post will not change the MFG rating no matter what is stated that is not the point. The point is that there are many after market products out there and in the end they do not change what ...
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Hi Ben, and thanks for the support.
I fully appreciate that folks who have never lived in the certification/compliance/liability world cannot even begin to understand the complexities of this environment and the need to "get it right" 100% of the time. 99.99% is not good enough.
Add to this the fact that I could have ended up in jail if I did get stuff wrong, resulting in an inaccurate statement to the Feds. Perhaps some folks may then get a sense of why I tend to err on the cautious side of many discussions, including the subject of weights.
There is a huge difference between an individual's responsibilities and that of a Corporation producing millions of vehicles.
For a start, the average Joe Citizen doesn't have the depth of bank account that some lawyers find attractive!!
I could relate many frivolous lawsuits that were attempted simply because "someone" thought they could get big bucks out of it.
One example - a case for "Failure to warn" because we did not state in the Owner's manuals (another part of my job) that a bowling ball thrown off a freeway overpass could cause severe injury or death. Yup, really happened!
I fully appreciate that folks who have never lived in the certification/compliance/liability world cannot even begin to understand the complexities of this environment and the need to "get it right" 100% of the time. 99.99% is not good enough.
Add to this the fact that I could have ended up in jail if I did get stuff wrong, resulting in an inaccurate statement to the Feds. Perhaps some folks may then get a sense of why I tend to err on the cautious side of many discussions, including the subject of weights.
There is a huge difference between an individual's responsibilities and that of a Corporation producing millions of vehicles.
For a start, the average Joe Citizen doesn't have the depth of bank account that some lawyers find attractive!!
I could relate many frivolous lawsuits that were attempted simply because "someone" thought they could get big bucks out of it.
One example - a case for "Failure to warn" because we did not state in the Owner's manuals (another part of my job) that a bowling ball thrown off a freeway overpass could cause severe injury or death. Yup, really happened!
