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Originally Posted by cfg83
This sounds like a PhD thesis. You also have to account for the almost completely different built environment (aka legacy medieval roads), differing car culture, auto/weight density, auto vs stick, blah blah blah.
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To do an exhaustive study, sure. And not in my field, either :-) But the point I was trying to make is that European cars are not obviously less safe than US ones, despite the different standards. So why not allow cars that meet the European standards? And eventually have a common set?
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Wouldn't waving the crash tests just raise auto-insurance prices for all cars?
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Isn't that just another way of saying that European cars are less safe? A quick search for European auto insurance rates found this, from Britain: "As at 30/06/2008: 66% of our customers who purchased their car insurance from RAC Direct Insurance in the previous 12 months paid £350.00 or less." At current exchange rates, that's about $619, which doesn't seem markedly higher than US rates.