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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by 12345hn6789 on Friday April 21, 2023 @12:45AM (#35649885)
Why not allow imported cars that meet the requirements?
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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by oyashirochama on Friday April 21, 2023 @12:53AM (#35649929)
Easy, DOT headlights, literally stopped innovation for 30-40 years from the 1950s to the mid 1970s. It is still an issue and is one reason why motorcycles have a very different stateside vs rest of the world design (till recently). Just one of several regulations that...can't be fixed if the car doesn't have parts shared.
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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by dragonwriter on Friday April 21, 2023 @12:56AM (#35649947)
> stopped innovation for 30-40 years from the 1950s to the mid 1970s.

The 1950s to mid-1970s isn’t, even at the widest extreme that fits that description, 30-40 years.

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