To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Legally Buy & Drive High MPG Prohibited by DOT/EPA Regulations
Modify DOT/EPA regulations to allow the individual importation & the ability to own & drive any vehicle that 1) gets over 50 MPG & 2) meets European safety & smog standards for their year of manufacture in any of the 50 states including California, regardless of the year of manufacture.
Why is this important?
European Safety/Smog regulations are similar to but technically different from USA DOT/EPA regulations. As a result, there are many cars sold in Europe that get 50, 60, & even 70 & higher MPG that we are not allowed to import & drive here. Auto manufacturers like this since they can keep some models out of the USA that for marketing reasons, they don't want sold in the USA. Examples: The European diesel powered Smart gets over 70 MPG, USA gas powered version gets 40 MPG. The European VW Polo 3 cylinder turbodiesel gets over 70 MPG. VW doesn't want to sell it here. Mercedes Benz doesn't want to sell their A & B class diesels here because Mercedes Benz doesn't want to market their cheaper cars here since they market their cars mostly to the rich. Big Oil loves it since they can sell more gas. A VW Polo diesel (about the size of a 30 year old VW Rabbit) pollutes far less than legal Ford, Chevy & Dodge diesel pickups because of the way they measure diesel pollution, especially in California.