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<blockquote data-quote="av8torntn" data-source="post: 805596" data-attributes="member: 8259"><p>I think we would have been much better off if the government would have granted permits to companies to build and maintain an interstate system instead of our current system. The federal government has too much control with the federal highway money. They have used the money to bribe states to pass laws for everything from drinking age to speed limits. I know they used national defense as the excuse to do this in the beginning but we would be much better off today if the federal government would have reserved the right for national defense and granted the other rights to the states or private companies. In a way you are correct there is no incentive for them to reduce regulations to allow companies to bring more fuel efficient cars to the markets. I am not really convinced there would much of a market for cheap, fuel efficient cars anyhow but I sure would like the option. I did trade in my sports car recently for a v8 4wd SUV so I already know where I stand. </p><p> </p><p></p><p>I did a couple years ago that the market share for large cars was dropping but it looked at the time that SUV's and smaller cars were splitting the gains. I have no idea if this trend has continued but I do know that Americans do not always pick their vehicles based on fuel efficiency.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="av8torntn, post: 805596, member: 8259"] I think we would have been much better off if the government would have granted permits to companies to build and maintain an interstate system instead of our current system. The federal government has too much control with the federal highway money. They have used the money to bribe states to pass laws for everything from drinking age to speed limits. I know they used national defense as the excuse to do this in the beginning but we would be much better off today if the federal government would have reserved the right for national defense and granted the other rights to the states or private companies. In a way you are correct there is no incentive for them to reduce regulations to allow companies to bring more fuel efficient cars to the markets. I am not really convinced there would much of a market for cheap, fuel efficient cars anyhow but I sure would like the option. I did trade in my sports car recently for a v8 4wd SUV so I already know where I stand. I did a couple years ago that the market share for large cars was dropping but it looked at the time that SUV's and smaller cars were splitting the gains. I have no idea if this trend has continued but I do know that Americans do not always pick their vehicles based on fuel efficiency. [/QUOTE]
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