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Re: Time For a Smaller Car Standard?
Think about how much better gas mileage (and cheaper!) Smart would get if it didn't have to meet some inane safety standard.
How much better would it be if you could get a Smart type car for $5,000 that seats 4 and gets 60mpg instead of 41 (which is pretty low all things considered)?
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Originally Posted by slowinthefastlane
If Smart can meet the same standards as normal-sized cars, then there's no reason to change the requirements. People in the United States have a different expectation of safety when driving a passenger car than when driving a motorcycle. Lowering the bar for micro cars would only serve to reinforce the notion that all small cars are inherently unsafe.
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