[dufekin]

I’m sure that we could counteract the ill effects of lightweight vehicles by banning large trucks from the national roadway system and imposing a national speed limit of (say) 30 miles per hour and requiring the manufacture of vehicles with devices that forbid them from exceeding this national speed limit. Let us be as realistic as the Congress and ignore the economic maladies that these measures might cause.

[Big E]

I’m in the trucking industry. Don’t give them any ideas.

[kalt]

I’m sure that we could counteract the ill effects of lightweight vehicles by banning large trucks from the national roadway system and imposing a national speed limit of (say) 30 miles per hour and requiring the manufacture of vehicles with devices that forbid them from exceeding this national speed limit.

I'm waiting for them to prevent all traffic fatalities by legislating a 10mph speed limit and requiring all cars and trucks to be made of Nerf. I've got to admit, though, it would be pretty impressive to see the technology that would go into a 10mph Nerf car.

[DivaDelMar]

But of course! But that will only work if we mandate the downsizing of animals that are commonly found on roadways. Like the Western Pennsylvania White Tailed Deer. We’ll have to mandate the downsizing of that animal to make any collisions between deer and small vehicle “Fair.”

And then there are those nasty bridge abutments, etc. Those will all have to be padded.

And, and, and,...

Government mandates have costs, in terms of lives and dollars. The sooner the liberals figure that out, the better.