re: #17 BryanS

True, but that was in how the regulations were drafted, not in their concept. The problem was that large vehicles like SUVs were allowed to gas guzzle. This put in an incentive for manufacturers in the US market to go big.

Agreed. The problem was how to fix it without causing the ‘light and deadly’ trap, though Quayle was more interested in scoring a political point than actually proposing a solution.