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aerohead · 06-13-2009, 02:36 PM

A couple days ago,the University of North Texas' KNTU Radio,carried a spot which I believe was from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.Basically,they slammed "small fuel-efficient vehicles".The spirit of the piece was that if you owned and drove a high mpg car,you were flirting with death.---------- I don't know if this is a backdoor move to cast an unfavorable light on the new 35-mpg CAFE standards.I thought it interesting that something would be broadcast,unilateraly,with no forum for rebuttal,nor no real context for which the claims were made.--------- Anyone seeing stuff like this in the media?

06-13-2009, 02:36 PM	#11 (permalink)
aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,320 Thanks: 24,442 Thanked 7,387 Times in 4,784 Posts	Fear-based message hits college campus A couple days ago,the University of North Texas' KNTU Radio,carried a spot which I believe was from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.Basically,they slammed "small fuel-efficient vehicles".The spirit of the piece was that if you owned and drove a high mpg car,you were flirting with death.---------- I don't know if this is a backdoor move to cast an unfavorable light on the new 35-mpg CAFE standards.I thought it interesting that something would be broadcast,unilateraly,with no forum for rebuttal,nor no real context for which the claims were made.--------- Anyone seeing stuff like this in the media?