On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 09:06:28PM -0000, coupe404 wrote:
>
>
> It blows me away that Europeans apply emission controls retroactively
> upon older cars.
Its only in the US there is such thing as suing the government. Down here
the government itself is very resistant to class actions and such.
>
> It was these same governments' fault that EU cars had virtually no
> emission controls until 1986. So what was legal for sale at that
> time suddenly becomes illegal? What a ridiculous outcome! There
> should be class-action lawsuits over this.
>
> In Canada (and I believe the US) there is no such retroactivity
> rule. In fact, the problem goes away with time, as older cars are
> naturally retired and only a few are left in circulation or the hands
> of collectors. This hardly justifies the draconian retroactivity -
> there are too few to be a real problem! These older cars should be
> required TO MEET THE STANDARDS OF THEIR TIME, no more!
Another US only situation. A 10 year old car is young relatively young in
Chile. Had not been for the 1992 law favoring newer cars, polution would be
out of hand as nobody would have bought a newer car until they were several
years old.
I have two cars, a 96 Golf and a 92 Peugeot 405, and would need 8 months sallary
to be able to afford either of them new.
>
> Surely someone over there in a position of policy making realises
> that there is a law of dimishing returns at play here?
>
The added votes gotten by this kind of laws offset their costs :)
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