Show COSTLY AND HEAVY HANDED HANDED CONTROLS w g ME GOVE S a i 1 rf I I t Lc q I FN FD RS GOVERNMENT SPECIFICATIONS SLOW PROGRESS The government has taken over another area from the he ex ex- pens The field is product de design ign and the he cost to consumers of this takeover takeo is many millions of dollars Consider the he auto industry Its It's been discovered that mandated man man- hated dated head restraints interfere with driver vision to 0 the he rear And consider the heavier ier bumpers mandated for cost effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness in insurance claims They proved so expensive to repair repair repair re re- re- re pair and wasteful of fuel because of their added weight that the thc standards ha have e c now been modified Although the proper chore of regulatory agencies would seem to be setting performance standards for indu industry ry to 0 meet the thc agencies are arc going even further and setting design standards The federal bureaucrat alias product dc designer igner is u usually a lawyer accountant or political science major In short hor hes he's generally someone with no experience in business design or engineering And the he quality of his work Ork doesn't have to compete compete compete com com- pete with others in the he marketplace Consequently co cost and efficiency are arc not his concerns much le less his specialties The result The consumer pays more for a less efficient product The use of non-designers non and non non engineers engineers to design products products prod prod- acts is just one more example of government inefficiency financed by taxpayers |