quote:Originally posted by Rick:A tax on all cars that would make the minimum purchase price $100,000 would do it. It would be the opposite of a luxury tax - the cheaper the car, the higher the tax. Not only would there be fewer cars on the roads, but everyone would drive them VERY carefully.quote:Surely we need to reduce the number of 'accidents' (as far as I am concerned, they are nothing of the sort). I could think of one way, but a lot of people would be very upset.
Many, including myself, would never either buy a new car or spend this amount on a machine to transport things and people in it. I do not do the status symbol bit. I have never bought a car for more than £5000, and could not justify any more.
IMHO a good start to avoid prangs would be to have a psychometric test in the driving test; this would weed out all the people with short fuses and terminally impatient that should never be be allowed to be in charge of a ton of metal.
Another idea (as in motorcycles in UK) would be to limit BHP until either you are 21 and/or have taken a motorway driving test.
This would stop teenagers being killed when they run out of road thinking they impress their passengers by atrocious driving.
A further one would be, instead of the plethora of speed cameras, have more 'red traffic light' cameras, and do something about the idiot tailgaters.
Bullet-proof vest donned.........