The Roanoke Slant

USA Today 4/14/09, Pg M1: Tests show gas savings can risk safety.
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Crash-test scores drop when small cars are in collisions, but they get good gas mileage if you don’t mind the potential injuries and-or death.
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Deja Vu all over again! For all you who don’t remember or weren’t around in the 1950’s, there’s a list of “small fuel efficient American made cars” that include: Corvair, Henry-J, Crosley and others. Imports included the VW-bug, Renault, MG and Triumph.
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Why did we (the American car manufacturers) stop making them?
Pick up a 1965 book titled “Unsafe at any Speed” and read the same type of results that the current crash-test results are showing now for “today’s small” cars.
This book made Ralph Nader a multi-millionaire, a left-wing celebrity, a perennial presidential candidate and killed Detroits efforts to continue development of small fuel efficient cars.
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There are basic principles of Physics and Mathematics that apply to objects that are in collision. The ultimate example would be a motorcycle impacting with a car.
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Legislation increasing the fuel-mileage requirements for cars results in reducing the weight of cars that results in less protection for the passengers.
It would be “truth in advertising” for the government to be honest with consumers and tell them of the increased risks. Isn’t that what the government requires of manufacturers? Why should they be held to a lesser standard?
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Perhaps this is why Obama, Pelosi and Reid are in such a hurry to enact socialized nationalized medicine!
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Prior Items:
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2007/06/democrat-hot-air-energy-bill.html
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