To a leftist bureaucracy near you
The land locked alpine European nation has a direct democracy system like the one in California that allows citizens to put forward legislative proposals. If they can get 100,000 signatures on petitions, the proposals go to a vote of the population.
A move to drastically restrict cars spearheaded by the Swiss Green Party youth section has already gained 130,000 signatures. If the proposal passes a majority of the voters and more than half of the countries 26 states, it would ban all cars that weigh more than 4,820 lbs, emit more than 250 g/km of CO2, have a front end dangerous to pedestrians or that don’t have a particulate filter for a diesel engine.
Just to make sure that Swiss drivers don’t flock to older cars that don’t meet the new rules, all older cars would be required to be equipped with a governor that would limit them to 100 km/h.
So, if the car you want is bigger than a VW Passat, has an engine that gets you from 0-60 in less than 10 seconds, and doesn’t have a couch mounted to the front bumper, you’re SOL, Serge.
And if you own an older car, you’re stuck in the slow lane.
Lovely these Swiss Youths.
I move that if they cannot meet their marksmanship requirements, they get the boot and quit giving the socialists in the US ideas.
How can any front bumper NOT be dangerous to a pedestrian if the car is going up to 100km/h?