[FreedomPoster]

Oh, heck yes! The EPA new vehicle gas mileage requirements were about to get extraordinarily silly.

[Enterprise]

Bump for heavy trucks!

[Bonemaker]

“Transportation experts dispute the arguments. “

I’m a “transportation expert”....I’ve been driving since 1952 and I call BS!

[DariusBane]

Giorgio Rizzoni of Ohio State University

Oh look. They “found” a guy! Super special!

[Buckeye McFrog]

Pit two Liberal arguments against one another.

Pure Alinsky. Excellent!!

[be-baw]

Can’t fault the administration’s logic. I do have a beef, though, about large extended cab pick ups -and that’s when they park next to you in a small parking lot, especially at a gas station where there’s a lot of traffic. I have to back up into the traffic lane before I can see anything. I’m very careful, never been clipped, but I don’t like it. Personally, I think they should have separate parking areas for large vehicles.

[Bonemaker]

[CodeToad]

One of the things pushing electric cars has been the Obama EPA requirement of a high MPG per manufacturer fleet.

This removes that push to electric vehicles.

[central_va]

In a Yugo - Paul Shanklin

[Gen.Blather]

Recently, not far from my house, a medium sized pickup truck had a blowout. It crossed the at normal speed and hit a Corolla also going normal speed. If it had hit any of my vehicles I’d have had a good chance of living. Both the occupants of the Corolla were killed instantly.

I have heard people the virtue of their gas sipping tiny cars. But, they never take into account what happens to those necessarily light vehicles and themselves in a collision. This is poor thinking on their part. Like anything, you have to take into account the whole cost of ownership and use. I am happy to pay the extra cost of gas for the additional safety of a bigger vehicle. It’s like insurance. You pay for it whether you use it of not. But, if you need it, it’s better to have it.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Transportation experts dispute the arguments

Apparently these so-called "experts" are unaware of a law that has been around for a long time - The Law of Physics.

[ClearCase_guy]

heavier vehicles are safer than lighter ones

If it saves one life ...

[painter]

Automotive engineer Giorgio Rizzoni of Ohio State University calls the administration’s safety claims “a stretch.”

Oh YEA?

Ok, lets take a 1995 Crown Vic and a new Toyota Corolla and hit them head on at 55mph in one of those crash tests and see what happens!

[RayChuang88]

Actually, today's cars ARE a lot safer because the car is designed to sacrifice itself structurally to take most of the force of the accident. It's similar in principle to modern IndyCar or Formula 1 racer--remember all those parts of the racer flying away during impact dissipates the energy of the crash from being transmitted to the driver.

[MileHi]

Automotive engineer Giorgio Rizzoni of Ohio State University calls the administration’s safety claims “a stretch.”

Really? Tell you what, Giorgio, how about I get in an F350, you get in a Smart Car and we'll both drive 40 mph and hit head on and see if it's a stretch.

[gigster]

My 2003 Dodge 1500 Hemi Ram Quad-Cab pickup never got better than about 10.2 miles per gallon gas mileage according to it’s computer, but it was pretty bad @ss.

[deadrock]

Elong Mush is saddened.

[Sacajaweau]

I’m in Upstate NY....with a nice heavy car that keeps me safe.

[Grampa Dave]

Wow, someone is believing in some basic laws of physics.

[SomeCallMeTim]

My dream comes true!

Thank you DJT!!!