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It's relevant for the purposes of federally-mandated vehicle safety standards, is it not?
by ajdlinux 11y ago
It's relevant for the purposes of federally-mandated vehicle safety standards, is it not?
- aidenn0 11y agoPretty much all the NHTSA enforces is whether or not a safety feature is present in a vehicle. They could, for example, require that all new vehicles be equipped with an AEBS, but they don't typically tell states that they must allow certain vehicles on the road, and in fact individual states are generally allowed to adopt extra standards on top of the federal ones.
- derefr 11y agoIt's interesting that drug policy gets pushed to a federal level—because drugs "potentially cross state lines"—car safety policy doesn't. Are there really no states where the majority of traffic is from out-of-state vehicles?
- jpatokal 11y agoMaybe D.C., but as is well known, their opinion generally doesn't count...
- aidenn0 11y agoWhat can be federally regulated seems to be entirely a function of the supreme court makeup at the time that it is tested in court.
- ams6110 11y agoNot sure that example works. We have states "legalizing" marijuana which is illegal at the federal level.