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Old 10-12-2007, 03:04 PM   #22 (permalink)
jimdvan
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Date registered: Feb 2004
Vehicle: 1998 E320
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 28
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Originally Posted by gumsie View Post
I'm afraid to say, "No", I wasn't being facetious. I'm dead serious. A passenger car is all that should occupy the road under normal circumstances. If it was up to me, (which I am sure somebody here will point out that it isn't), I would limit the speed of all vehicles that do not conform to a set of standards and make them less desirable to buy/run. Much like they do in F1, make the vehicles max and min size and weights conform to a specification of some sort. So that yes, you can vary the dimensions and weight of a vehicle but within limits that would make it kinder to pedestrians and other road users alike.
Vans, SUVs, MPVs, 4x4s etc I would speed limit and tax the crap out of for any use that is not for business or for its intended use.
Having said that I love the G55.

Socialism at its finest. Make everyone equal and take away, or restrict, disuade by edict, personal choice and freedom. That's the usual European way.
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