Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to AustraliaEnglish · 4 days agoCars sold in Australia still use more petrol and emit more toxic fumes than advertised, new real-world testing showswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkCars sold in Australia still use more petrol and emit more toxic fumes than advertised, new real-world testing showswww.theguardian.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to AustraliaEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square2linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareSalvolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoThis is why self-regulation is a lie. There needs to be standardised government testing, not industry-funded testing. Same goes for Crash testing. You can guarantee that we wouldn’t allow ‘Murican trucks in the country if they were tested objectively. And builders paying for their own Building Inspectors is a major conflict of interest. Federally funding consumer testing of consumer goods and Local-Government funded inspection of construction should improve the quality of everything.
This is why self-regulation is a lie.
There needs to be standardised government testing, not industry-funded testing.
Same goes for Crash testing. You can guarantee that we wouldn’t allow ‘Murican trucks in the country if they were tested objectively.
And builders paying for their own Building Inspectors is a major conflict of interest.
Federally funding consumer testing of consumer goods and Local-Government funded inspection of construction should improve the quality of everything.