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> Write your representative and tell them to thank the EPA and NHTSA for doing their jobs. It seems like those regulations aren't working they way they ought t
by elihu 5y ago
> Write your representative and tell them to thank the EPA and NHTSA for doing their jobs.
It seems like those regulations aren't working they way they ought to if the result is to encourage people to drive bigger cars than they need and to have more cars on the road that minimize the safety risk to the occupants while maximizing risk to everyone else...
> The death of the small pickup is squarely the fault of the confluence of fuel economy and crash safety regulations.
...and the chicken tax.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoThanking them for doing their jobs was sarcasm. The chicken tax existed for decades and small pickups were fine though I'm no fan of it in principal.
- syshum 5y ago>>>It seems like those regulations aren't working they way they ought to Regulations rarely end up with the outcomes the people pushing for the regulations publicly claim the desired outcome is.