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This is most likely a legislative issue with NHTSA, I don't think they have a mechanism by which they can enforce a software update since the concept didn't exist when recalls were first implemented.

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Why not? At the end of the day its a binary check box on the paper that you had the fix. Whether that fix was a software update or a new piece of hardware should be irrelevant.

I agree with you, I'm just responding to another commenter who questioned the use of the word "recall" in relation to software updates.

This is the correct answer. The question is, how do we get better at regulating reality faster?

Electing congresspeople who actually stay on top of the expert consensus in various regulated fields is the only way the frameworks themselves can be improved.

This is the correct answer. The question is, how do we get better at regulating reality faster?

I don't think "Use words that put a more positive spin for Tesla PR" is something regulators should be working faster on.

Inaccuracy is inaccuracy no matter in which direction. If an outdated law made it easier for Tesla PR to spin something in a positive light, would you consider that an issue?

There's no inaccuracy here. You are arguing about an implementation detail.

Arguing about an implementation detail which creates inaccuracies, yes.

What exactly is the supposed inaccuracy?

Recalls about car software, and about updating car software, have existed since shortly after OBDII was a thing.

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