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Associations, certification and licensing, and who defines a correct repair.
The Industry Just Called ADAS Its Biggest Challenge Ever — And the Fight Now Is Over Proof, Not Access
For years the calibration debate in this industry has been framed as a data-access problem: shops can't fix what they can't see, and if only automakers opened their portals, the rest would follow. That framing…
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ADAS Repair Just Got Its Own Seat at the Table — What SCRS's New Division Signals About Where Standards Are Headed
For years, ADAS calibration has lived in a weird spot: essential to nearly every repair, but with no organized voice of its own. That just changed. On June 26, the Society of Collision Repair Specialists…
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Rhode Island Wants ADAS on Your License — The First State to Tie Calibration Skills to the Right to Operate
A state regulator just proposed making ADAS knowledge a condition of holding an auto body license. Not a recommendation. Not a best practice. A requirement, written into the rule that decides whether your shop…