Re: those HORRID automobile safety rules

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

Aren't you going a little overboard? There is nothing wrong with safety 
standards, its the WAY that the DOT implements them that's at fault 
here. Many are arbitrary (cars have to conform. light trucks and SUVs 
do not), many are unnecessary, and none of them should keep Americans 
from importing the car of their choice, even if that car doesn't comply 
with the letter of the law. After all, all cars today have crumple 
zones, energy absorbing bumpers, safety glass, air bags, seat belts, 
etc. So the bumpers aren't a uniform height. Neither are our own 
domestic SUVs and mini-vans. That's all I;m saying.


George Graves

On Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at 07:10  AM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 08:50:32 -0500 (EST)
> From: Mel Odious <doskow@domain.elided>
> Subject: those HORRID automobile safety rules.
>
> yeah, George, let's get rid of all that safety "craps".
>
>       bring back the 50s & before when auto manufacturers
>       could sell whatever unsafe junk to the public that
>       made them the most money!
>
>       we need cars with hard dashboards gauranteed to break
>       heads, glass which breaks into tiny pieces to embed
>       in flesh, steering columns to spear drivers, cars
>       in which the crumple zone is the front seat(s),
>       vehicles which are sure to become as flat as possible
>       on rollover, bumpers at whatever height is cheap for
>       manufacturers, ineffective lighting, unrestricted
>       exhaust gases to asphyxiate occupants and the populations
>       of densely populated cities.
>
> jak
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