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No, just standards and regulations that are enacted to ensure the general safety of the population. They're relatively common in the developed world outside of US.

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I believe OP was referring to regulatory capture [0] where special interests are prioritized over the general interests of the public.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture

If they were really doing their job we wouldn’t have cars driving all around us. There is obviously more at play here.

The only thing at play here is your pathetic attempt to slur a safety organisation just because they dared to be critical of the Cybertruck.

Their job is to look after the interests of the general public not any one company.

Pathetic until you realize what is really going on? That’s just a theory in the end.

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