[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I was behind a car last week on Southbound 680 in Walnut Creek that was belching so much smoke you couldn't see past it. When I managed to get by, I couldn't help but notice that the car was filled with "day laborers". They obviously get a pass on pollution (along with every other law in the country). This isn't about pollution. It's about leviathan government raking in the cash and controlling every aspect of our lives.

[RebelBanker]

Many states (notably California) have so many requirements, taxes and so forth that they make newer cars a LOT more expensive. Thus, anyone on the lower end of the socio-economic scale is forced to drive a "Sanford-and-Son-mobile" if they want a vehicle. My brother quit riding a motorcycle because those junkers were leaving so much fluid on the roads that it was too dangerous to be on two wheels.