Posted on 11/02/2010 11:08:57 AM PDT by MichCapCon
In a questionnaire put out by the Associated Press last week, Michigan congressmen Fred Upton (R-7th District), Mark Schauer (D-8th District) and Gary Peters (D-9th District) all expressed support for "stronger emission controls and fuel efficiency standards on cars and trucks."
But some transportation experts say this will lead to higher fatality rates in Michigan and nationally.
"There have been many studies showing that these standards will result in more deaths," said Steven Milloy, an adjunct scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the author of the book Green Hell.
"Lighter cars are associated with higher fatalities, period."
All three congressmen either specifically supported the uniform Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards voted on and signed into law by President George. W. Bush in 2007 or other recent legislation dealing with fuel standards. The 2007 CAFE standards call for all cars and light trucks to reach 35 miles per gallon by 2020 while the newer standards are more flexible.
The National Center for Policy Analysis cites several studies all finding that stronger fuel efficiency standards leads to higher driver deaths, concluding, "Such increases have unintended safety consequences for the safety of drivers and passengers."...
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“Despite”?
Those idiots in Congress could make rainbows deadly.
...which leads to less fuel used and less greenhouse gas. Duh! The left plans stuff like this.
Of course they are.
Automate driving. When collisions are eliminated, lighter cars will be more viable.
Perhaps the libertarians here can help congress solve this legal connundrum.
They are continually insisting that you can’t legislate morality, so perhaps they can legislate physics.
They can pass new laws (of physics). They could legislate a 100 mpg car that creates 0 emissions and runs on garbage. They just aren't as imaginative as I am.
I’ve got a 1975 Ranchero that I just finished fixing up (note-not restored), and am going to start on a 66 Fury big-block convertable.
I’m going to drive these and keep my older cars running. Lots cheaper overall than the small cars today. Example: Did you see the photo of the Smart car that was impailed by a tree limb? That wouldn’t happen with a larger car.
It’s funny that a lot of the older cars I see for sale are selling for three or four times what they cost brand new. I saw a ‘75 Firebird for sale on a lot last month for $21,000. I could have bought a brand new one in 1975 for less than half of that.
For the typical driver, the new car pays for itself (compared to your Fury big-block) in gas savings alone. My car runs with the very best of the old muscle cars but gets 25+ mpg at 75 on the highway. I average 20+ all around.
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