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Originally Posted by Tpup
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Originally Posted by RoadDad
I think that this is all a political money issue really. It doesn't have anything to do with safety, 2.5mph bumpers, "clean air" or anything other than politicians, insurance execs, etc. getting more $$$$ for themselves somehow. I haven't seen a motorcycle with 2.5mph bumpers yet and they are federally legal. I haven't seen a "safe" motorcycle for that matter either. Clean air act? Come on, give me a break... Or maybe I'm mistaken and a '72 Cuda with a straight pipe really does meet EPA regs...
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Wow, you actually believe that the purpose of requiring new cars to meet minimum safety and emissions standards is to make money for politicians and insurance execs as opposed to cleaning up the environment and making safer cars? Wow... |
I'm agree more with RoadDad than you Tpup here. I don't believe the rules are only in place to protect the environment and to make cars safer (lets face it - the 2.5mph rule has nothing to do with safety) although that is the horse they ride on. I believe that the federal rules are in effect a non-tarif trade barrier to protect the local industry (and therefore the politicians who get voted in by them etc). Australia has a very similar system - ADRs (Australian Design Rules) - these rules are so specific they prevent the importation of many cars.
Two funny things about the ADRs though - left hand drive is forbidden (so US cars largely fail to make it here but this also catches out the super cars like the Enzo, F40, etc) - but several 340R were imported and complied by Lotus so they are available here
