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That gives you a clue that the belligerent may be the manufacturers' association as has been suggested, because there are zero JLTVs in civilian ownership so zero opportunity problems. Who else would even have awareness of that platform enough to raise it as an issue? Then again maybe some...
The JTLV was the program to pick a replacement for the HMMWV. The Oshkosh LATV actually won, but I guess anyone's guess if they will wind up calling that the JTLV or the LATV. Either way, I don't know if any are in service yet, but certainly none have gotten old and come out at auction. Very latest.
Legislative cheat-sheet:
Step 1: Despite probably being a lawyer, pass poorly worded text into law which is overly broad and has dubious and unproven societal value.
Step 2: Reassure people who can read English that the law will only be applied "when it makes sense", not as it is written, or...
The part I don't get is how many HMMWV-related accidents must there have been terrorizing the streets of VA for this to be raised to the level of legislative awareness that they are actually trying to pass a law. I understand what is being said about the manufacturer's association but really...
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