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	<title>Comments on: When government regulations and design collide</title>
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		<title>By: Shawn</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/when-government-regulations-and-design-collide.html/comment-page-1#comment-52389</link>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 15:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wisconsin has the front plate law as well, a lot of states do, not just Cali. I know Michigan is exempt from that law</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wisconsin has the front plate law as well, a lot of states do, not just Cali. I know Michigan is exempt from that law</p>
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		<title>By: Craig</title>
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		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 04:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmm... lower front bumpers to protect pedestrians....

So.... why is it that California also dislikes the lowering of one&#039;s personal car?  I don&#039;t know what the legal minimum ride height has to be, and I don&#039;t really like lowrider cars but it really sounds like a conflict of interest over there.

The Federal government would have me purchase a car with a bumper low enough to merely snap a pedestrian&#039;s shins and not completely rip their knees apart.

The way modern vehicle design has been going, I only like a few supercars for the execution of form.  Less expensive and more common cars just look boring and cheap unless you buy one that takes a bland body design and beefs it up, as in the case of the Mitsubishi Evolution.  That car makes blandness a moot issue in favor of purpose.

For the majority of people who don&#039;t drive factory econobox rockets, however, I think most cars for sale today look the same.  Technology under the hood is what attracts buyers these days and most of the time you don&#039;t even get that.

Modern cars of the 2000&#039;s are boring.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm&#8230; lower front bumpers to protect pedestrians&#8230;.</p>
<p>So&#8230;. why is it that California also dislikes the lowering of one&#8217;s personal car?  I don&#8217;t know what the legal minimum ride height has to be, and I don&#8217;t really like lowrider cars but it really sounds like a conflict of interest over there.</p>
<p>The Federal government would have me purchase a car with a bumper low enough to merely snap a pedestrian&#8217;s shins and not completely rip their knees apart.</p>
<p>The way modern vehicle design has been going, I only like a few supercars for the execution of form.  Less expensive and more common cars just look boring and cheap unless you buy one that takes a bland body design and beefs it up, as in the case of the Mitsubishi Evolution.  That car makes blandness a moot issue in favor of purpose.</p>
<p>For the majority of people who don&#8217;t drive factory econobox rockets, however, I think most cars for sale today look the same.  Technology under the hood is what attracts buyers these days and most of the time you don&#8217;t even get that.</p>
<p>Modern cars of the 2000&#8217;s are boring.</p>
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		<title>By: scotty</title>
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		<dc:creator>scotty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 00:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i&#039;d say the countach had it the worst of all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i&#8217;d say the countach had it the worst of all.</p>
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		<title>By: RangeRoverBoy</title>
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		<dc:creator>RangeRoverBoy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 21:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Front plates for cars because....
High speed reverse car chases?
So the parking cop does not have to walk so far?
BTW New Mexico does not require them, I assumed they were just enjoying twice the profit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Front plates for cars because&#8230;.<br />
High speed reverse car chases?<br />
So the parking cop does not have to walk so far?<br />
BTW New Mexico does not require them, I assumed they were just enjoying twice the profit.</p>
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		<title>By: Carlos</title>
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		<dc:creator>Carlos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 21:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Some of them I can accept, like pedestrian safety regulations.  Fewer broken legs, hips, and deaths are worth a slight reduction in car prettiness (especially if it&#039;s the car driver that&#039;s at fault).  I think low bumpers should be mandatory and limits placed on how high headlights can be placed.  But I don&#039;t see the benefit of front license plates.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some of them I can accept, like pedestrian safety regulations.  Fewer broken legs, hips, and deaths are worth a slight reduction in car prettiness (especially if it&#8217;s the car driver that&#8217;s at fault).  I think low bumpers should be mandatory and limits placed on how high headlights can be placed.  But I don&#8217;t see the benefit of front license plates.</p>
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		<title>By: TW</title>
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		<dc:creator>TW</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 17:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#3. More revenue?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#3. More revenue?</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 17:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>so the constitutionally illegal (facing our accusers) photo radar vans and red-light cameras can know who you are.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>so the constitutionally illegal (facing our accusers) photo radar vans and red-light cameras can know who you are.</p>
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		<title>By: Chidori</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chidori</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 17:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve been wondering about this for a while since I live in California, but why is it a law that we have to have a front license plate on our cars?!?!?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been wondering about this for a while since I live in California, but why is it a law that we have to have a front license plate on our cars?!?!?</p>
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		<title>By: Ryan H</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan H</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 15:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s these damn pedestrian safety regulations which are killing elements of automotive design. If people would just stay off the road and pay attention to their surroundings, we wouldn&#039;t have to worry about this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s these damn pedestrian safety regulations which are killing elements of automotive design. If people would just stay off the road and pay attention to their surroundings, we wouldn&#8217;t have to worry about this.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 15:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>but, how will we know what is best for us in the elites in Washington don&#039;t tell us?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>but, how will we know what is best for us in the elites in Washington don&#8217;t tell us?</p>
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