From the WSJ article:
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Modern cars and light trucks have an average of 225 horsepower under the hood [...]
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Can this be true? I would have guessed something closer to 150... This explains why legislature is reluctant to increase the speed limit. Imagine an elderly driver with 200+ hp barreling down the Autobahn in Germany. Yeah, that seldomly happens.
I call for a limit in hp for passenger vehicles. You could always increase taxes and insurance for "high powered" cars, no? Anything over 150 hp for example. Or do it by engine displacement - anything over 2.0L = higher taxes and insurance. It's not fool proof, but then again, what is?
Let's be honest, who really
needs more than 100 hp?