The American Spectator

/p> p> LATEST INSTRUCTIONS br> The attack yesterday on the safety of pickups and sport utility vehicles by Jeffrey Runge, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), at an automotive conference in Detroit is a perfect example of the dimwittedness that permeates so many of our regulatory agencies. As a pickup owner, I and most people who have bought and drive these vehicles know that they do not handle and corner like sports cars and do not attempt to drive them this way. To hear a medical doctor, who should know better, attribute such inane behavior to the citizens and taxpayers of this country, apparently to score some publicity points, and then top it off with a threat to seek to dictate the design characteristics of vehicles to be sold to the public, as if he and his fellow regulators are competent to do so, is really too much to tolerate. I had hoped that this administration would purge Washington of such foolishness, but apparently not. Any exposure and support for the shaming such performances by those living off the taxpayers dollars by The American Prowler are much appreciated. br> — Gary Hannah br> Shalimar, FL br> /p>