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Originally Posted by RoadDad
Cleaning up the environment? Which do you think is more polluting -- an S1 Elise, a 340R or that '72 Cuda?
Safety standards? Which is safer -- an S1 Elise, a 340R or that '72 Cuda? My Model T didn't even have lap belts.
Go learn and report back here why we have a "federally mandated" 2.5mph bumper requirement and tell me that has anything to do with safety.
If they really wanted to clean up the environment and make cars safer they would have to, again, mandate out all of the antiques (which they don't care about) and/or require that they all be retrofitted with 3 point belts, etc. Oh, but they don't.
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I changed my post in order to tone this down but no problem, we can go on. Your post talked about these laws being about "politics" and money for politicians and insurance executives. That's your argument to prove buddy.
I'm not claiming that one of the cars you mention is safer than the other or that one is cleaner than the other. I will claim that a new car legal for sale in the US is safer and cleaner than any car you mentioned. That's the point, new cars must meet minimum standards. Older cars do not. The fact that older cars do not need to meet todays standards does not justify you driving an illegal car on the road.