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Walt Horning <whorning@pipeline.com> said something like:
: I saw a strange sight on the interstate this evening. It as a Trabant,
: a car made at one time in the former East Germany.

[snip]

: I also question the wisdom of allowing too small a vehicle on the
: interstates, but I know its a free country and they can take their
: lives in their own hands if they want.

Actually Trabants have never been legal in the US. They can pass neither
federal safety nor emissions requirements, and while it is POSSIBLE to
spend a quarter million on, say, a Ferrari F50 to get it up to spec, a)
who in their right mind would spend that much on the world's cheapest car
(the Trabbie) b) I have serious doubts as to whether its fiberglass
unibody can be made to withstand a 30 mph frontal crash, regardless of
money.

I doubt very seriously that you saw a Trabant on a US Interstate.

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