Ask HN: Laws that should exist but don't
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1572476I'm curious if there are any obvious laws that enforce common sense (which sadly is not that common) which you think should exist in the US but currently don't. It would be even better to find out if they are already in the works.
Here's two off the top of my head:
1) Make it illegal for TV commercials to display 10 lines of size 1 font at the bottom of a TV ad for 2 seconds. Nobody can see it. Nobody can read it even if they could see it. The law should be something like this:
"Any textual information displayed on a tv commercial should be of big enough size to be easily read in its entirety in the time displayed!"
2) Make it illegal for companies' customer service to play an automated message about recording your conversation (eg. "This conversation may be monitored for quality assurance purposes") without giving you the option to opt out. Not only can you not opt out, but if you let them know that you are recording the conversation (as required by law in most states) most of them will either hang up on you or refuse to continue the conversation. The law should be something like this:
"No company should be allowed to record a conversation without your consent. No company should be allowed to deny you customer service if you refuse to be recorded. "