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Originally Posted by Tpup
We agree to disagree then. I think the emissions laws have worked very well in keeping emissions down in the largest auto market in the world. If we all drove 72 Cudas we would not be able to breathe in many US cities. Fortunately there are not may 72 Cudas left on the road so they are a rounding error in total emissions.
I agree that the 2.5 mph bumper is more about protecting consumers than it is about safety, however, that is one of many safety rules enacted (airbags, roof pillar design, etc). I also believe that those rules have had a measurable impact on safety in the US. Many accidents are survivable today that were simply not back in the 70s.
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Actually we do agree
- The safety standards started in the '70s have saved countless lives and needed to be implemented just as much as the efficiency standards were needed to clear the air (and I lived in Sydney then - one of the top three poluted cities in the world at the time due to the geography and population density - LA, Tokyo and Sydney).
I am also pretty sure that using those restrictions to prevent the import of cars is more of a protectionist attitude than a safety and efficiency one.