• dryfter@ani.social
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    2 hours ago

    Just curious if you’re aware of any laws for cars that ARE/HAVE BEEN retroactive?

    Just generically I can’t really think of anything that “could be”, but I’m no mechanic or lawyer. 🤣

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      1 hour ago

      off the top of my head, no. but I know for the seatbelt law at least, if a car before the mandatory seatbelt law had optional seatbelts, having the seatbelt became mandatory if it had one (that is, you cannot remove them). Cars that had no seatbelts nor had optional ones are exempt.

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      2 hours ago

      Maybe around car alarms?

      The after market ones are awful, but car theft in the early 2000s was also way higher (like 2x) than anything we’ve seen since.