Auto stuff and damn do i learn new stuff everyday
Some automobile manufacturers attempted to sway the public away from gas efficiency by asserting that fuel efficient vehicles lowers safety ratings. The arguements being that the lighter the vehicle, the better the gas mileage, the easier it crushes or that the new and improved enginewould likely be quite heavy and become unsafe. Now, I recall learning that one problem with Hydrogen autos are the oversized engines that in turn make the vehicles less safe, but this in no way implies that making our petrol vehicles more gas efficient will lower safety ratings, so that in itself is illigitimate. Also, according to experts fuel efficiency has little to do with the weight and size of the vehicle, partly because techonological advances dictate better petrol engines, not heavier machinery. In addition to that, many smaller vehicles have a lower crash/death ratethan many larger vehicles. Now, my question is - if lighter vehicles are better for the environment and more safe- than why are passenger vehicles OVER 8,500 lbs not forced to be efficient (ie. Excursions and suburbans.) Currently there is a bill in the process that will force SUV’s, trucks, and vans to be held to the same regulations that cars are. The EPA is also attempting to add another section to the light trucks load- including vehicles up to 10,000 lbs rather than 8,500. The reason that all of this comes about now is that in 1977 most people didn’t drive vans, SUV’s, or trucks so the need to regulate them was non-existent.
I'll say more in a few days
I'll say more in a few days