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Old 06-28-2012, 06:50 PM   #33 (permalink)
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I'm not saying do away with regs, but, make them sensible. We should have emission standards based more on total pollutants than PPM numbers that simply tell a manufacturr they may spew as much crap as they like, just dilute it. And you dilute it with a bigger engine that burns more. As for crash standards I would establish standards and tell manufacturers they are free to meet/not meet them, so long as there is full disclosure to the public.
I thought that was true today. Is there a minimum "star rating" that a car has to meet today? I thought they all tried to get at least 4 stars to make sure the competition can't use it against them in advertising.

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