I've thought for years that car companies should start selling those little gas-sippers they market in Europe here in the United States. Wow they would have made a lot of money when gas hit $4 per gallon last year, instead of now requiring billions of American taxpayer dollars just to stay in business.
But there is a difference between the Europeans and the United States: One side of the pond has an overbearing government that makes the rules for the marketplace, and it has a huge effect on fuel economy on that particular side of the Atlantic.
You might think I'm talking about higher European emissions standards, and that this is some message championing European socialism. Nope, at issue are American safety regulations.
Read this from The Wall Street Journal this morning:
"U.S. government crash standards, for example, require car makers to take into consideration the potential harm to passengers who aren't wearing seat belts when designing the crash-safety features of their cars. European governments assume that everyone riding in a car is wearing a belt -- a standard that's easier and less costly for car makers to meet."
What do you think? Should this rule be changed?
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