Cars = freedom.
Anything the government (at any level) does to limit people’s ability to transport themselves for purposes of sustaining their existence or the pursuit of happiness, cuts into that freedom.
Liberal fascists want nothing more than to force people into public transportation, and eventually into self-driving cars as the technology matures. That will give them the ability to track and control people’s movements, something every tyrant dreams of.
President Trump has already put a hold on regulations that required car makers to install technology that allowed certain parameters of a car’s operation to be transmitted to “nearby vehicles”.
And, as with “emissions testing”, the official justification is always safety. Every incursion into our transportational and environmental liberty is blessed with fictional government estimates of “lives saved”.
Excellent points. Absolutely right.