[Dangerous Doug]

Well, that was a non sequitur if I ever saw one---complete with misspellings, run-on sentences and incorrect contractions.

Yes, I can see that California can't do anything right. That's why California is one of the ten largest economies in the world---and the only non-nation on that short list.

Nevertheless, getting back to the point of the thread: In today's news Toyota is being questioned about withholding safety testing information in legal battles. I still think this law is more about getting into manufacturer's "black box" to decipher the data such as on the on the acceleration problems on the Toyota Prius. If they are the only ones with decoder ring, they can pretty much spin their own story. Right now, they are the only ones with a decoder ring.

Laws are created in order to enforce the minimally acceptable form of behavior in a society. If we cannot trust an automobile manufacturer to behave ethically, to decipher their own data without spin or bias, guess what? We'll have to enact a law so that they will be penalized. This is about protecting the consumer.

DD