CNET: your '92 Civic may get far better MPG than a new car, but it still sucks!

[shovel]

Originally Posted by tjts1

Then don't complain about the laws we enforce in this country to protect you from yourself and every other idiot on the road.

With all due respect I don't think we're talking the same language.

Driving a motorcycle in accordance with america's traffic laws endangers no-one but the person who chooses to ride the motorcycle, who as an adult can decide to travel on such a form of vehicle.

Walking around randomly in the road with livestock and a piloting homebuilt semi truck made from seven trabants nailed together, down a dirt road with no lane markings or traffic lights is a menace to everyone regardless of what decision they have made about their own personal safety.

I really cannot make this more plain, either you get it or you're on mars.

Since a Tata Nano (which does not meet us safety requirements FOR ITS OCCUPANTS) is still safer for its occupants than the less-safe-but-yet-legal-in-the-US motorcycle, the Nano should also be legal here, because it does not pose any additional risk whatsoever to non-occupants.

Please, please prove to me that you're intelligent enough to understand this.

[Doofus McFancypants]

The safety argument. although true. is all crap.

If a SUV hits a Civic - the civic is in trouble.. "So lets make them bigger and more safe" leads us to Larger Cars..
Well if a SEMI hits a SUV - is not the SUV in trouble???
If a TRAIN hits a SEMI - is not the SEMI in trouble??

So to make everyone safe - we all need to ride in trains...

WAIT A MINUTE - that would actually work -
: )
Mass Transit answers Both issues ( safety and efficiency)

[MetroMPG]

QED, Doofus. Nice one.

Phil: Yes, that IIHS study got a LOT of media play. Part two was released last week, whch was: not only are small cars deathtraps, they are more expensive to repair in minor fender benders.

Their message seems to be: if you don't die in your small car, you will wish you did when you have to fix it.

[Nevyn]

The only thing that really stood out to me is a point that I do agree with him on:

Fuel ECONOMY and Fuel EFFICIENCY are completely different things.

[Christ]

RE: Mass transit:

MagLev trains, in such an infrastructure that would take you to central hubs of any area that you'd want to go, and diesel-electric busses which could get you the rest of the way, within blocks. Everyone would have a "briefcase" which contained an electric scooter that ran on a solar panel, with a top speed of "walking with a kick in your step".

Hey, look... modern efficiency...

[tjts1]

Originally Posted by shovel

Driving a motorcycle in accordance with america's traffic laws endangers no-one but the person who chooses to ride the motorcycle, who as an adult can decide to travel on such a form of vehicle.

Huh?

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

QED, Doofus. Nice one.

Phil: Yes, that IIHS study got a LOT of media play. Part two was released last week, whch was: not only are small cars deathtraps, they are more expensive to repair in minor fender benders.

Their message seems to be: if you don't die in your small car, you will wish you did when you have to fix it.

Perhaps I can be buried in my hyper-mini,as was "Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac coffin,"( Stevie Ray Vaughn )

[doviatt]

It does seem that the only industry info you hear lately is related to economy, small, hybrid, EV, etc (which I personally think is a shift for the better and about time). Maybe this is a social reaction of an ego survival struggle. When was the last time you saw a commercial touting a SUV as a lifestyle improvement? With this economy people are going to start having to prove their self worth with themselves and not with what they can buy.

[Christ]

I don't think many people ever actually did consider the fallacy of possession as a means for determining the worth of a person...

[shovel]

Originally Posted by shovel

Driving a motorcycle in accordance with america's traffic laws endangers no-one but the person who chooses to ride the motorcycle, who as an adult can decide to travel on such a form of vehicle.

Originally Posted by tjts1

Huh?

*sigh* .... keep digging.