Oregon Legislators Want to Ban All Aftermarket Parts, Including Tires

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Oregon Legislators Want to Ban All Aftermarket Parts, Including Tires
By Ross Edwards
Friday, 06 February 2009 11:18

Oregon’s speaker of the house has introduced legislation that would ban any and all aftermarket parts from Oregon’s vehicles. This new legislation goes beyond the typical big-brother stuff the car enthusiast community repeatedly has to deal with. Oregon actually wants to regulate which tires you’ll be allowed to put on your car.

SEMA speculates that the state would most likely require that any tire fitted to a vehicle have a rolling resistance equal or less than the tires that came on the car from the factory, because that would help the car’s gas mileage. Never mind that less rolling resistance = less traction = more dangerous for everyone on the road. This law is just an example of stupid, unthinking politicians who feel like they need to pander to green voters by needlessly limiting the freedoms of everyone.

I had a friend in college who drove a rear-wheel drive sedan. Being in New England, he fitted his car with snow tires in the winter, and switched to performance summer tires for warmer months. Both of these sets of tires were much safer than the all-season tires that came on his car, but neither would be allowed under Oregon's proposed laws.

OK Oregon, here’s the deal. I’ll give you the same ultimatum I gave my girlfriend when she mentioned wanting to buy a Prius. If you do this, I will take the catalytic converter off of my car and turn my car into a soot spewing demon. Luckily for me, I live in Florida, where my car won’t need to be emissions tested to pass inspection. Also, I live right around the corner from USP, which makes this convenient part just for what I’ve been threatening. I can't threaten to drive right in front of the entire state of Oregon whenever it has its windows open, like I did with the girlfreind, but I'll be sure to take a video and email the lawmakers who voted for the bill.

Now, you might be thinking that this threat really doesn’t have any weight. I’m just one driver, how could I possibly nullify the amount of pollution that will be saved when an entire state reduces its emissions. It’s ridiculously egocentric to think that my actions would have ANY effect towards offsetting Oregon’s emission reductions. Almost as egocentric as believing that one State’s silly law could turn back the tide of global warming.

I don't think anyone on here's from Oregon, but we can all agree that if this passes it's only a matter of time before jackass lawmakers in other states try something equally as stupid. So spread the word before poor Oregoners are stuck dealing with this ridiculous law.

[bmxer99]

id just have to break the law then :fuc.kyou: sometimes boundaries need to be set by the people and laws need to be broken.


what i dont understand is how politicians make their own ****in agendas like this and then when the people are like OMG NO WTF.. the politicians forget that the people elected them, and once in office they dont give a **** what the people have to say

[Soup]

The problem is that moron tree hugging asshats think that every car should go no faster then 55 mph and they convince dipshit politicians that 'going green' is the way to win elections.

[bmxer99]

i had some WOMAN ask me, "if the speed limit is a maximum of 70mph, why build cars that can go faster then that?"

i was kinda stumped. but just told her people should have the choice and be able to make their own decision to go faster then the posted speed limits.

[bam 240sx]

Originally Posted by bmxer99

i had some WOMAN ask me, "if the speed limit is a maximum of 70mph, why build cars that can go faster then that?"

i was kinda stumped. but just told her people should have the choice and be able to make their own decision to go faster then the posted speed limits.

i woulda said "because tornados are faster then 70 mph and they can happen anytime"

[American Psycho]

If California proposed this, More concerned....

[Jonnychadootz]

Wow....Besides the fact that most people don't know that Oregon exists, wtf is wrong with people's priorities? Is this really the most important thing for state rep's to be paying attention to? Instead of other state rep's (or any1 of influence for that matter) saying "This is dumb and trivial shit" the bandwagon will be jumped on. I wonder if job creation, reduction in corruption etc r a lil more important?

[01mmmz28]

if they think that shit will spread, WRONG !!!! There are way to many aftermarket parts companies that will raise hell and take that shit to congress.....it will cause job loss, and loss of car sales too. Fuk them.

[JGT8229]

people cant aford to live and al they can think about right now is a ricer. go **** themselves, gona make us buy new tires now to? TIRES ARE FOR SAFTey not speed, mabey people should get off there crack pipe wake up and stop trying to find ways to get money , and find ways to make it!!!! make all this shit illegaly all u want, im stil gona fly by u in a city street goin 60 and the more shit that is illegaly the harder its gona be to stop me

[97talon]

The people who come up with this shit should be shot.

[Jonnychadootz]

Originally Posted by 97talon

The people who come up with this shit should be shot.

The problem seems to be that when we elect these morons and there doesn't seem to be any fail-safe. Every politician runs on the same platform, how they r going to be for the people blah blah f*ckin blah. They set a list of goals that they will address. Why aren't they simply fired and sent of into obscurity if they make no attempt to do what they said they were going to in a particular amount of time? Besides that they go of on tangents like this that have nothing to do with anything. What happens in any other job (other than politics apparently) when u don't do or suck @ ur job? U get fired, pretty simple. I just don't get it anymore....

[thephatone]

well apparently i found out if you keep your snow tires on past april 15th you get a ticket...i thought that was either retarded or just plain stupid