EU to consider banning fast cars

[barbarian]

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/07/e...-than-101-mph/

Autocar is reporting that the European Parlaiment will consider a proposal this fall to ban all cars capable of reaching speeds over 101 mph. The proposal can be traced back to a man named Chris Davies, a Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parlaiment for the North West of England. Davies argues (try not to laugh while reading his words) that "between 1994 and 2004 the power of new cars went up by 28 per cent, making them a lot heavier, and so increasing the amount of CO2 they put out, even though no country raised its speed limit to allow cars to use this increased power."

[Ogpogo]

That'll go over well Sure hope Im not there..

Holy, Davies is a fucking moron. Can't even understand simple situations with regards to common sence/physics.

[929]

Liberal eh? Not surprised at all.

Some bigwig with connections will close his head.. with a bullet probably.

[hjr]

all it means is that ecu's will limit speed to 101mph. i dont see manufacturers redoing their lineups because of this type of regulation when a simple fuel cut would do the trick

[01RedDX]

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[schocker]

haha, that would be good. somehow i figure lots of cars are capable of 101mph. But I wouldnt say that they are necessairly heavier. Perhaps he doesent understand that one of the main reasons cars are getting heavier is due to safety

[Canmorite]

That'll go over well in Germany.

[Daan]

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[Evro]

Originally posted by Canmorite
That'll go over well in Germany.

, in italy too - i got $5 says some Bavarian grease monkey assassinates the guy who came up with this

[barbarian]

Originally posted by Evro


, in italy too - i got $5 says some Bavarian grease monkey assassinates the guy who came up with this

Did you mean Sicilian?