I think that the solution is very simple, remove the citation metric. Citations don't mean correctness. What we want is correctness.

Do the cars not have a trunk door on the back?

Tunnels can recoup their cost easily if they are used massively by many people every day. Any reason why you are against building a subway / underground railway?

Yes. Similarly, safety needs to be there even after the aging of materials over product lifetime. So basically when aging is the only variable to be considered end of life date is the worst case scenario.

There must be measurements of the fuel tanks state, right?

There are but this is not as precise as you might think due to a lot of confounding factors. Even the best flow meters are only about 0.2% accurate, and I find that seriously impressive.

Seeing a discord channel for special software recommended on a corporate presentation was definitely a first for me. Happened yesterday.

Fritzbox brand and possibly others updates itself automatically by default. ISPs often also control the devices they ship to clients and install updates as part of a "fleet management".

"if you don't know what you're doing don't do it" vs. "Secure out of the box"

You're arguing for sending money to criminal organizations which will make them more powerful. It's a terrible advice.

Agree that we are allowed to waste time. Sending money to scammers doesn't help anyone it just makes whoever is in charge of the criminal ring more powerful.