The bill text: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.02735: --- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 16:01:37 -0800 From: LR <lrussat_private> To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private> Subject: HR 2375 IH, Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act of 2001 Hi, This may be old news, as the bill was introduced in August 2001, but may still be of interest. Why is a bill about car repair of interest? "Computers of various kinds are increasingly being used in motor vehicle systems, such as pollution control, transmission, antilock brakes, electronic and mechanical systems, heating and air-conditioning, sound, and steering." "To require the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe and enforce rules necessary to ensure the right of a motor vehicle owner to obtain all information required for the diagnosis, service, and repair of the motor vehicle ." "...the manufacturer of a motor vehicle ... shall promptly provide to the vehicle owner, to a repair facility of the vehicle , and to the Commission for use by any such vehicle owner or repair facility, the information necessary to diagnose, service, or repair the vehicle ." Now, if only we could get them to apply these same rules to DVD players. ;) LR. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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