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Old 02-13-2015, 09:17 PM   #83 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RedDevil View Post
Fine if you make your own decisions, but what about the safety of others?

You may be allowed to buy a car without personal safety equipment, but not to sell it, nor take passengers - especially underage ones.

Then, once your health insurence learns what you drive your rates may rise quite some.

Unsafe cars may get a safety warning just like tobacco has, maybe with some nice pictures to boot.
I can go buy a car right now with no airbags, 3-point belts, crash bars, ABS, traction control, etc and legally drive it, even with minors in the car. Health insurance rates won't be affected. I can turn around and sell it too.

The car will be 50 years old, but still perfectly legal.

On the other hand, import cars that don't meet the safety standards and they will be seized (and probably crushed) by the Federal Government.:
the-feds-just-seized-40-land-rovers-imported-to-the-u-s

It's a crazy place we live in.
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