EPA wants to outlaw your future racecar conversion, Time sensitive SEMA Press release Options

[okieflyr]

FYI: The EPA wants to eliminate your future street race car conversion option.

This is not new news to some, but the white house petition is time sensitive.


SEMA Press release:
https://www.sema.org/sema-enews/2016/06/epa...s-into-racecars


Whitehouse .gov petition:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/...cles-racecars-0

[horizontally-opposed]

Was thinking about this this morning, actually, as I walked by a taxi parked in a driveway from the night before. Kind of a fun job, I imagine. That's probably grass is greener thinking, but I could see enjoying it in some ways. However, I imagine it's a job that will be disappearing, what with Uber in the short term and autonomous cabs in the long run.

The future of the car probably has everything to do with safety and liability was my next thought. If driverless cars will truly replace driven cars in the next 10-30 years, my guess is people won't buy or own cars, or few will. All cars, or at least a great many of them (especially in population centers) will be taxis.

That may turn car manufacturers into "fleet" makers. If car sales become largely or strictly B2B, styling and driving dynamics will be far less important than sexy things like safety, passenger comfort, and efficiency. The biggest question and driver may be liability, and that may come down to insurance. Which makes me wonder about privately owned cars, and what that will look like. Perhaps they'll be just as legal to own and operate as they are today, but the insurance may become prohibitive.

I hope I am 100% wrong.