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Mr. Jackson, just for fun google accident pictures of the Smartcar. You will find the lack of them interesting.
Legislators and regulators need to observe a fundamental Golden Rule: Do not implement new laws if you have not considered or cannot control important unintended consequences.
A perfect example is the Obama Administration’s plan to increase new car mileage standards, from the currently legislated requirement of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016 to 54.5 mpg by 2025, as an average across each automaker’s complete line of cars and light trucks.
Carmakers reluctantly agreed to the new requirements, to avoid even more onerous standards, or different standards in different states. But the deal does nothing to alter the harsh realities...
The only reason you don't see any pictures of accidents of a Smartcar is because the police just assume it was a crushed Coke can on the side of the road.
The only people who drive Smartcars are idiots, and I think it's just a perfect example of Darwinism.
I refer to them as "Dumbcars" (think motorcycles with a roll-cage). Can only hope and pray they would slide underneath a tractor-trailer...gotta avoid all those enormous tires, though. Scary ride; but really, how necessary?
Yes! I always believe the guvmint.
That's why I'm waiting for an armor-plated Smartcar to be the new Presidential limousine.