Let's stop the carnage

[dennishoddy]

Join me in stopping the carnage. Yes, every year many thousands of American are killed by these deadly machines. Yes I am talking about autos and trucks. Our administration must do something now about this menace.

To start with we need to ban all the high performance machines with their high capacity 6 and 8 cylinder motors that are capable of going over 100 mph.

My 430 HP truck can only do 92mph with the limiter, so am I going to be exempt from the death car regulations?

 

[dennishoddy]

I must be an extremely feared person....

....back in the day, I used to drive an 18-wheeler that had TWO manual transmission levers and up to 16 gears.

Gotta love those old spicer transmissions. I drove one too.

 

[El Pablo]

Join me in stopping the carnage. Yes, every year many thousands of American are killed by these deadly machines. Yes I am talking about autos and trucks. Our administration must do something now about this menace.

To start with we need to ban all the high performance machines with their high capacity 6 and 8 cylinder motors that are capable of going over 100 mph. Nobody need vehicles like this. And ban these rapid shifting military grade automatic transmissions, we got by just fine with a standard when I grew up. Vehicles like this belong on a race track, not our streets. I know there will be some resistance at first but we can start with governors, engine capacity limits and maybe even buy back programs that would only cost a few trillion dollars.

Drop the speed limit back to 55 mph, it worked just fine, no one needs to go faster than that. Since the limit has been increased traffic fatalities have increased 1000% a year.

Raise the drivers age limit. Teenage drivers are the most dangerous. Remember that driving is a privilege not a right guaranteed by the constitution.

We need universal background checks and waiting periods before a person could just buy a car and drive it home. How do we know that person isn't a multiple DUI offender or a psycho? And do away with the private sale loophole. No way a man should be able to just go to an individual's home and pay cash for a killing machine like a Corvette with a 2000 cubic inch motor!

One problem will be getting this legislation passed with the big auto and performance parts lobby opposed to it. Maybe the day will come when we can all ride in our rubber coated 50 mph computer controlled electric autos and not have to worry about getting killed in a wreck.

Let's try to get this common sense legislation passed, if it saves one life it will be worth it. Our organization needs a catchy logo like AmericansForJustifiableBans.

You forgot about background checks to buy alcohol. Much less high capacity alcohol containers.

 

[BillM]

Put breathalyzers in every car, drain every pool, remove sugary drinks and food, limit fast food restaurants, make cheeseburgers 18+ to buy, etc. etc.

Would you just shut up!!! They do not need any more stupid ideas!!!

 

[Deleted member 47532]

I must be an extremely feared person....

....back in the day, I used to drive an 18-wheeler that had TWO manual transmission levers and up to 16 gears.

Yep, I had an 18 spd Pete with 525 Cat. Damn that thing would roll

 

[joegrizzy]

In 1913 there were 33 deaths for every 10,000 cars on the road. In 2020, it was 1.5 deaths for every 10,000 cars on the road. Much of that improvement is due to increased regulations.
Perhaps vehicles aren’t the best analogy to utilize here.

yes, but would you believe the number of UNLICENSED AND UNREGULATED DRIVERS HAS INCREASED?!

 

[FlyGuyGSP]

yes, but would you believe the number of UNLICENSED AND UNREGULATED DRIVERS HAS INCREASED?!

As a ratio? Not at all. Drivers licenses were not universally established until 1959, so in the early 1900s nearly all drivers were unlicensed.

 

[John6185]

Biden is already working on it so not to worry. He has gasoline prices nearing $5.00 per gallon in Oklahoma and in CA Gas prices soar past $8 per gallon at California gas station.

 

[captn-tin]

Join me in stopping the carnage. Yes, every year many thousands of American are killed by these deadly machines. Yes I am talking about autos and trucks. Our administration must do something now about this menace.

To start with we need to ban all the high performance machines with their high capacity 6 and 8 cylinder motors that are capable of going over 100 mph. Nobody need vehicles like this. And ban these rapid shifting military grade automatic transmissions, we got by just fine with a standard when I grew up. Vehicles like this belong on a race track, not our streets. I know there will be some resistance at first but we can start with governors, engine capacity limits and maybe even buy back programs that would only cost a few trillion dollars.

Drop the speed limit back to 55 mph, it worked just fine, no one needs to go faster than that. Since the limit has been increased traffic fatalities have increased 1000% a year.

Raise the drivers age limit. Teenage drivers are the most dangerous. Remember that driving is a privilege not a right guaranteed by the constitution.

We need universal background checks and waiting periods before a person could just buy a car and drive it home. How do we know that person isn't a multiple DUI offender or a psycho? And do away with the private sale loophole. No way a man should be able to just go to an individual's home and pay cash for a killing machine like a Corvette with a 2000 cubic inch motor!

One problem will be getting this legislation passed with the big auto and performance parts lobby opposed to it. Maybe the day will come when we can all ride in our rubber coated 50 mph computer controlled electric autos and not have to worry about getting killed in a wreck.

Let's try to get this common sense legislation passed, if it saves one life it will be worth it. Our organization needs a catchy logo like AmericansForJustifiableBans.

"Raise the drivers age limit. Teenage drivers are the most dangerous. Remember that driving is a privilege not a right guaranteed by the constitution." Seems to me that driving is a right included in the 1st Amendent. You know, the freedom of assembly part. Anyone know if there has ever been a challenge to this ?

 

[joegrizzy]

As a ratio? Not at all. Drivers licenses were not universally established until 1959, so in the early 1900s nearly all drivers were unlicensed.

ratio of licensed to unlicensed drivers has fallen for 30 years straight. your argument of increased regulations is moot; more people merely aren't even following the law yet we still have "less" traffic accidents.

why?