House Approves Unprecedented Automotive Safety Control Measures

America your car has just gotten more expensive.

Are you sure? Could it be possible that determining true cost might be more complex? For example, if fewer people are killed and maimed that would be a reduced cost. If fewer cars get damaged that would also be a reduced cost.

Anyway, thanks for the update.

Some really bad ideas in there. For example, "under the compromise bill, the Transportation Department would have to find 'substantial likelihood of death or serious injury to the public' [to get 'unsafe' vehicles off the road]."

This means if the government *believes* that vehicles are unsafe, then they can declare them "unsafe" and have them banned from roads. This is "guilt based on belief," rather than proving guilt. The witch hunts have returned. Under this bill, Audi would have had their vehicles banned from roads because of the widespread (and incorrect) *belief* in their unintended acceleration.

Can't wait until Pelozi and her band of buffoons are gone, and I don't want a 'black box' in my vehicle.

There's already a black-box in your vehicle.

What you are speaking of is Not equivalent to an aircrafts "black box". If they already exist, there would be no reason to include it in the requirements.

Badge.. That makes no sense. The ECU controllers collect and gather information to process sensors and the like for vehicle efficency. Manufactures use this technology in order to advance a vehicles efficency which I don't have an issue with. And by the way it is due to EPA/Gov regulation. So yes they were forced. A "Black Box" is one that monitors more than a normal ECU. It crosses the line and invades our privacy. And Obamas is behind it.

Ok here is a quick civil lesson for anyone who is interested.

1. This is just a House Committee.

2. The House and especially their committee's do crazy crap all the time...thats why they are the House. Their job is to represent the people. To paraphrase the great actor Tommy Lee Jones, "A Person is smart, People are stupid." And I think that about sums up the House perfectly. Think of the house as basically the younger kids who get smacked down by their sibilings in the Senate when they act up.

3. If you don't realize how reactionary politicians get (especially when they are running for office which for Congressmen is every two year...so all the time) well then Welcome to America.

To emphasize number 2 above : "The compromise bill addresses many concerns by automakers and leaves more final decisions to federal regulators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, rather than setting specific requirements."
I mean isn't it obvious to everyone that federal regulators, who are not understaffed at all...nope not even a little bit... would ensure a swift and well ordered saftey review on ALL vehciles.

Lesson over, class dismissed.