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Old 11-07-2004, 09:26 AM   #24
Brad Pittiful
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Pay an extra $500/yr or so, and go through a LOT of additional training (not like the current cracker-jack box license training. This training would cost a few thousand dollars, just to keep the scruff out.), and you get a special license plate that allows you to ignore posted speed limits on interstates, and you have an extra 10-15MPH in urban areas. No weaving through traffic or anything, but just a higher limit.
no way will a license for someone to be free to speed ever be allowed


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Interstates will also be built to new standards when being repaired, much like the German autobahnen. Our roads are built to last a couple of years, the autobahnen are meant to last 15-20 years.
as with everything...cost is the bottom line...our roads are maybe 4 inches thick...where the autobahn is like 11 inches thick...to expensive to undertake

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Car inspections would be a lot tougher, and federalised. Modifications wouldn't be a problem, but safety would be a primary concern. Joe Inbred and his 1984 Corolla with the duct-taped suspension wouldn't be allowed on the road. There'd be a department much like the German TÜV to take care of this.
corruption wont allow this...local government will take the pay off and we will never see this going through

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Car insurance would be federally regulated to keep premiums in check, they're spiralling out of control, and it needs to be taken care of.
less gubment the better...what needs to happen is lawyers to get less greedy with frivolous law suits...but thatll never happen

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Tax benefits for SUVs would be utterly eliminated, and instead given to drivers of hybrids and diesels (new diesels, like in Europe, using low-sulphur fuels). Registration costs would be based on GVW, and miles travelled annually, thus would be paid at the end of the fiscal year. Joe Commuter in his Miata is gonna have a better year than Rita Roadtrip in her H2.
the auto maker lobby will never allow that to happen
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