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I'm surprised you haven't learned yet that the constitution grants authority to congress to pass laws, which include laws related to safety.

• zeveb 10y ago
  > I'm surprised you haven't learned yet that the constitution grants authority to congress to pass laws, which include laws related to safety. Have you actually read Article I, Section 8? You'll have to squint very, very hard to see any authority to pass laws related to safety in it. That's because it's simply not there. The state governments, of course, do have that power, and the Congress arguably has power to regulate cars used in interstate commerce. But there's simply no constitutional scope for safety regulation of cars built & used in only one state.
  • pritambaral 10y ago
    Have you read the NHTSA letter? They talk about prohibiting interstate commerce if the product doesn't meet safety standards. Instead of nitpicking, let's focus on the actual issue. The NHTSA didn't order Hotz to shut it down, it merely asked about the safety of the product, which led to Hotz shutting it down himself.