I visited a major city recently and found that there was a law that restricted cars driving on the streets to be 3 years old or newer. What do you think about that? It was to curb pollution.
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I'm not particularly educated on this topic, but the first thing that comes to me is how do the poor get around town? I'm not sure I like that law, seems a bit elitist to me...However, as to whether its a good idea or not I'd have to learn and research a little more before I made up my mind on the issue.
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What a ridiculous idea! Even if they have good public transportation, you have to be subject to the possiblity of being late for your job, you have no control over a bus being on time. A lot of thugs ride on public transpotation, a lot of times it's not safe. This would be one of the very few times a class action suit would be a good idea! One more kick in the face to the working poor. Safety costs big bucks there.
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That's nuts, even if it was 10 years that would be a burden on many people. I think for upper class cities that are full of wealthy people, they can make whatever laws they want- if you live in a place like that you should have as little environmental harm as possible.
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what city is this? that's completely ridiculous and very discriminatory to the poor. even if there is public transportation it's not fair to make the poor people use it but not the rich people who can afford new cars. who in the world buys a new car every 3 years?
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I think that's ridiculous. 99% of the people where I live can barely afford a car little on one that is 3 years old or newer. Wonder how many people will have to quit work and go on welfare because they can't "afford" to get a newer car to go to work. Public transportation isn't everything people think it is. Leaving 2 hours early just in case of a delay..who watches the kids that extra 2 hours each way. Lots of things people don't think about. That's another kick in the pants for poor people. The govt says you have to work but then they refuse to let you use the highways that your taxes pay for. stupid.
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sounds like a good idea until you take into consideration all the lower middle class that cannot afford to go buy a car that is brand new right when the law is passed. Also what will be done with all the older cars? Will they get trade in value for them? I like the concept but realistically for this to work on a large scale it would have to be implemented over a period of 10 years or so I think
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That might be hard to uphold in court. Outside the US? There are some whacky rules out there.
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That seems like a load of crap to me. I really think that the government and environmental groups are getting out of control.
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