Quantum Windbag
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Yes, way back when it was like driving around in fast tanks.
That aspect certainly made it safer than today's fuel efficient cars...well, except for the lack of seat belts that caused numerous deaths from bouncing around inside the mini-tank like a rag-doll. Thank goodness for Ralph Nader forcing the government to do something about it.
Are you and KG the same person? You both share what seems to be at least a few opinions, along with that unwavering sense of correctness despite nearly the entire board telling you why you're wrong.
I"m not expecting a reasonable response.
You aren't expecting a reasonable response because you think the only reasonable response is to agree with you. The strange thing is that law is supposed to make people safer, yet even you admit that the regulations about fuel efficiency actually make people less safe. Somebody is making money off of the laws that require cars to get better gas mileage, and they have blood on their hands.
Yet, somehow, I am unreasonable because I think that is wrong.
You can't prove me wrong so why wouldn't you agree?
Don't get too hopeful, one of the more dangerous things about small fuel-efficient cars are the road beasts that still prowl the roads and could flatten one like a pancake.
Do you think there's enough public backlash about fuel-efficient cars to warrant such a ridiculous argument?
So I notice you didn't mention the regulations passed that required the major car makers to install seatbelts as standard equipment.
Are you willing to argue that it never saved any lives? Of course as I said before I can't prove it, people aren't part of a statistic when you're uninjured in a car accident.
But then of course you can't prove anything either, one would hope we can be honest about the probability of it.
You are not making sense.
I didn't mention seat belt laws because we were discussion CAFE standards and how they make cars more dangerous. Does the use of seat belts increase a person's chance of surviving an accident? Yes. Did seat belts exist before there was a regulation? Yes. Did people buy cars with people made laws that forced car manufacturers to take away people's choices by forcing them to buy them?
I will let you answer that one.