At 11:27 +0000 1/21/02, Richard Gosling wrote:
>To sell a car in America you have to take it through a whole bunch of
>processes to ensure it meets all the criteria for safety, emissions etc.
>etc.
Which is ironic, considering a) some of the heaps you see roaring
around, especially here in the rust-prone Midwest, and b) there is no
nationwide standardized safety or emissions testing for cars already
on the road here in the U.S.A. In some states, it's a $50 test - you
give the mechanic $50 (cash), you pass - in other states, there are
no tests, period!
Just seems funny that you have to go through a whole lot of effort to
sell a "safe" new car, but what happens to it after that doesn't much
matter, and nobody has to go through any effort to keep an existing
deathtrap on the road in many states.
<FLAME SUIT ON>
Dan
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