Why are there CAFE regulations? Do they mean anything to you? Influence your buying habits?
I poached this from Eric Peters, probably the best auto journalist today.
CAFE
The authority to do this is nowhere to be found in the Constitution — though some will say, rightly, that there were no cars (or trucks) around when the Constitution became the law of the land in 1789. Ah, but there were horses and carriages. And for some reason, these are not mentioned in the Constitution as something over which the federal government has regulatory dominion. That reason, of course, was that the writers of the Constitution and the people who ratified it did not grant the federal government the authority to exercise regulatory dominion over horses and carriages. People were free to buy (and ride) larger or smaller horses and ride in smaller or larger carriages as they liked.
Please don't make this an Icarus moment and fly too close to the BITOG restrictions so maybe this thread gets locked.
I poached this from Eric Peters, probably the best auto journalist today.
CAFE
The authority to do this is nowhere to be found in the Constitution — though some will say, rightly, that there were no cars (or trucks) around when the Constitution became the law of the land in 1789. Ah, but there were horses and carriages. And for some reason, these are not mentioned in the Constitution as something over which the federal government has regulatory dominion. That reason, of course, was that the writers of the Constitution and the people who ratified it did not grant the federal government the authority to exercise regulatory dominion over horses and carriages. People were free to buy (and ride) larger or smaller horses and ride in smaller or larger carriages as they liked.
Please don't make this an Icarus moment and fly too close to the BITOG restrictions so maybe this thread gets locked.