Legion +1. Which is why car standards have to get lighter on the average, or special training/licencing/taxing will be necessary for the 7,500lb behemoths(do you still like that idea?).
Otherwise the insurance company lobbys will slam down the kaibosh hammer. But then again,
manditory auto insurance is socialism, pure and simple.
There are reasons why Americans can't import Japanese and European microcars which can park in motorcycle zones and get 50mpg: DOT saftey standards(which often don't make sense), DOT forcing the addition of traction control, gizmos, and eventually personal tracking devices, and of course big oil protectionism.
The mentality of the average consumer has been brainwashed into a monster-truck/me-first/live for today attitude. But thankfully, Mr. big-oil shieky Bush is changing that quickly
