EPA To Prohibit the Conversion of Street Cars into Race Cars

[SSDiv6]

https://www.sema.org/news/2016/02/08...-into-racecars

[Rory McNeil]

What a load of crap! How would the EPA know what somebody does with their own car after they buy it? If I was to buy another old Mustang, and did not register or insure it for "on road use", how would they know it was now a race car, or sitting out in the yard under a tree, or taken apart and scrapped? I wonder if this is supposed to affect only new cars, or any car, regardless of age. It could certainly affect the COPO, Cobra Jet, and Drag Pack MoPars if it applied to new cars, but then again, they are not titled for street use anyhow. If somebody takes their brand new Mustang, Camaro, or for that matter, a Prius, to the local drag strip for a Street Legal night, or weekend bracket race, does the act of using a bottle of shoe polish to put a number on the window constitute "converting a street car into a race car?"

[SSGT Mustang]

Time to get on the phone with your representatives and senators. Email works also.

[Adger Smith]

They will piggy back it on the back of something that is important to get it passed. that is the kind of Garbage that needs to be stopped. If something goes into law it should stand the test of standing alone, not hiding in the fine print of another law!!!

[SSDiv6]

There is a petition for signing:

https://www.change.org/p/u-s-house-o...edium=copylink

[Greenlight]

Originally Posted by SSDiv6

There is a petition for signing:

https://www.change.org/p/u-s-house-o...edium=copylink

This petition started off strong with about 10,000 signature in the first 24 hours. It got to 30,000 in a few days. It is flat now at about 45,000 or so.

Please forward this petition to everyone on your email list and ask them to sign the petition. It needs to exceed 100,000 signatures for the White House to respond.

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by Adger Smith

They will piggy back it on the back of something that is important to get it passed. that is the kind of Garbage that needs to be stopped. If something goes into law it should stand the test of standing alone, not hiding in the fine print of another law!!!

This doesn't have to be voted on so it will not be attached to any other measure that gets voted on in Congress. This is purely a government-defined and enforced regulation that will be put into law by the EPA. This regulation will be just as binding as legislation that is voted on however and will be almost impossible to reverse if it becomes law. This is serious folks. This administration is quietly changing your American way of life by punishing you for your freedom and sovereignty in the name of stuff like "sustainability", "civil liberties", "social responsibility", the "green movement", etc. Get involved. Support SEMA. Write your congressional delegation. This is a regulation that will be put into effect June 2016 unless Congress stops it.

I have subscribed to the Congressional Review via email since 1996. Along with a report of the activities of Congress, I receive a summary list of all the new regulations imposed by governmental agencies that have authority over so many activities within our society. During the Clinton and Bush administrations, the list of new regulations was commonly 15 to 20 pages long. Since this administration has taken office, the report has grown to 500 to as high as 1100 pages of new regulations PER MONTH. And about 60% of the regulations include punitive actions described and authority given to unregulated agencies that can include fines, jail time and confiscation of property. Get scared and get mad. Something will have to be done.

Get involved and follow this issue. Their most effective tactic is to continue to hammer the issue until they get their way. It will not be a victory to simply stop this action. It will come up again and again and again. We will have to constantly fight.

[SSGT Mustang]

Get involved and follow this issue. Their most effective tactic is to continue to hammer the issue until they get their way....We will have to constantly fight.

This is the most important message of all. Contact your congress men and women, and keep contacting them. This affects not only racers, but manufacturers, chassis builders, etc. This is a huge overreach of your freedom.

[Larry Hill]

I will do my part.