Reply #36: I'm proposing saving lives. Irrespective of intent, lot of people are killed by cars. [View All]

[krispos42]

And a few of them with cars.


As far as I know, there is no horsepower limit on cars. There is a fleet fuel-economy average, which is partially related to fleet average engine power, so Chevy can't simply drop a supercharged big-block V-8 in everything they sell. But they can and do make production cars well in excess of 300 horsepower, that can accelerate to 60mph in 6 seconds or less, in some cases under 5 seconds. These are mitigated by selling more average economy cars.

Under my proposal, cars would be air-drag-limited to about 110 miles per hour, depending on streamlining and frontal area. Currently, production cars with top speeds exceeding 150 miles per hour (sans electronic speed limiters) are pretty common.



:shrug:

The same people that would be extremely angry at legally limiting horsepower, despite the obvious advantages of better fuel economy, safer roads, and cheaper cars, would be very happy to see laws legally limiting magazine capacity.

We must add the supposition that the fictional think-tank that is pushing the horsepower limit was funded and supported almost entirely by non-car-owners. By people that walked, bicycled, and took public transportation exclusively, who had never owned a car, who never would own a car, and thinks that people that own cars are self-centered weirdos who are totally oblivious and uncaring to the costs society pays for their vehicle ownership.