Yes, its incredibly difficult to sympathize with governments in Europe who spent billions in the 1990's, subsidizing and giving tax breaks to promote the sale of diesel powered cars. And now all of a sudden they've changed their minds after discovering that Diesel is a health hazard and a greater pollutant.
They were so worried about carbon monoxide that they forgot about nitrogen dioxide!
Thats the reason why manufacturers like VW had to cheat with their emissions testing-because they knew that it was an impossible task.
And as far as road worthy tests are concerned, it's not entirely true that the vehicles are the cause of fatal accidents. The old saying, "a poor workman blames his tools" comes to mind. My life is in jeopardy every time I drive to town. The cars have pretty much nothing to do with it, its the idiots who drive them.
Where is it written that the 5th person in the queue behind a slow moving tractor has the right to be the first to overtake. overtaking on blind corners, solid white lines and blind rises is pretty much the norm here.
Without any exaggeration, I have probably overtaken 15-20 vehicles in the last 10 years and most of them were farm vehicles. I usually drive at 70-80kph and people overtake me as if I'm standing still.
So no, Reid, I won't be joining you on your 25kph drive not with so many monstrous trucks on the road, tailgating me and breathing down my neck, but I'll certainly stand on the pavement and wave at you as you pass
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And yes Angel, I agree, I don't believe that a slightly faded stop light lens is a concern, and I don't believe that a roadworthy control tester who is probably half the age of my car should even be touching her
