[bman6074]

They should stop spending money on figuring out what cars to not allow and build facilities for people do those things safely and generate revenue for the state.

[atr_hugo]

Guys, guys, guys - this is a FAKE - don't get your knickers in a twist.

[frimmelnojerz]

how anyone could think this is legitimate is beyond me.

[ptack]

troll

[1speedbike]

knowing fully it's fake anyway...



no high HP vehicles = no SUVS = no ford, GM, or chrysler = no american economy

[drakkie]

even if this fake bill did pass, all our vehicles would be grandfathered in!

[atr_hugo]

If I were the heir apparent to the Dragon Lady (Joan Claybrook - who, among other wonderful automotive masterpieces, gave us the 85 MPH speedo), I'd go after cars on a weight/hp basis - regulating out of existence anything under 20 lbs per HP. Hello 160 HP Corvette! Welcome to the world I grew up in - all of a sudden it's 1978 all over again.

Or - I'd federalize highway traffic enforcement. Every car in the US on federally funded roads would have to have an operating black box (with an RFID tag, kinda like IFF). No black box, car is impounded - mega fine to retrieve.

Then the black box's primary purpose would be to monitor sudden manuvers and extra-legal speeds, prompting a credit charge charge for each violation.

If you use a little imagination you can think of some really dreadful things that could be implemented (and oddly enough - most of them wouldn't be violations of our constitutional rights).

So this 'bill' - which should not have passed the smell test for it's egregious structure - is nothing more than a warning of what can happen when people who 'know what's best for you' are in a position to act on their nanniness. (Can't tell that I have fairly strong libertarian bias can you? ; -)

[lacrosse]

Sadly, I know Ms. McCarthy personally. Earlier in her life she suffered a grave tragedy in which her husband (a great guy) was killed and her son wounded by a deranged gunman on the Long Island Rail Road. She ran for Congress on an anti-gun platform and was elected. Since that time she has not accomplished a thing in Congress.

While this may be a joke, I would not put something like this past her.

[morgie2]

Originally Posted by Frimmelnojerz

how anyone could think this is legitimate is beyond me.

I understand this bill is bogus but.....with all due respect, have you taken a look at your politicians lately. NOTHING would surprise me with those idiots!!

[untouchableE82]

Originally Posted by ssabripo

:roundel:

i guess we should all ride bikes lol
thats the stupidest bill ive seen. but then again, you can go fast with any car. i can easily go 180 in a honda civic dx stock, all i have to do is push the gas.
there is no point to band "high HP cars."

[Dr_Jones]

i wish i could go throw life with my head up my ass

[IDBMW]

This is so funny. When I started reading it I could not believe someone was presenting a bill like this but I remember the bill to ban assault weapons. It looked like this but for guns and it passed. AK47’s were ban if they had a thumb hole stock but a pistol grip AK47 was ok. They also ban folding stocks so Manufactures of folding stocks made “two piece fixed stocks” where it would not fold. You buy a kit and it becomes a folding stock.

So I could see how lots of posters thought it was real. It just shows us that politicians are so ridiculous in there pork barrel spending and special interests people believe that some member of the House would present a bill like this. And your political choice does not matter, there all the same when it comes to stuff like this.

[Darth One]

a stupid street racer can do a ton of damage with a 120 hp Civic. he doesn't need a Lamborghini to kill a bunch of people with idiotic driving.

[Papito135]

We need a Bill to ban DAP (Dumb Ass Politicians). All that bill is another way to control the masses.

[RobLS]

so dumb >.<

[Italteen3]

They didn't even spell Pagani right. Not to mention a model from them has not been legalized in the U.S. yet. Won't have one for the U.S. market until they release their next model. Silly people trying to mess with our heads, come on how could you guys believe that one!

[hector]

Originally Posted by ChrisK

...

I am starting to really wonder if the end of the US as we know it is coming.

what's so great about the U.S. as we know it? we live in houses that are too big and too far apart, drive cars that are too big and heavy, drink water out of plastic bottles that we throw away, etc. a little lifestyle modification would be wise i think. of course the new economic reality, i.e. depression, may impose an involuntary demise to the current epidemic of profligacy.