By Jim Brennan

UDMan

All over the car blogging community, there hasn’t been a topic quite like the Cash For Clunkers program that was extended this past week. There have been heavy debates as to the merit of this program, and why anyone will trade a perfectly good vehicle, only to have it destroyed. Well, it’s time to put this all into perspective, as I am going to take the unpopular side of explaining why this program has become somewhat successful, and why everyone who is against it should just calm down.

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This can’t bode well. In an effort to slow chronic speeders, Canada is testing a device which would override driver input if they attempt to go more than five MPH over the posted limit. It’s being described as similar to the breathalyzer-equipped ignition lock systems fitted to the vehicles of habitual drunks, but since it effects the operation of the car once it’s in motion, the comparison doesn’t seem accurate. The scariest thing? Our neighbors to the North have already raised the idea of making it standard for new vehicles. Talk about a slippery slope! Sure, roads might be safer if no one was allowed to speed. And airplanes might be safer if everyone was cavity-searched, then hogtied for the flight. And kids might get hurt less if the playgrounds were flat and made of Nerf. And the populace might be healthier if no one was allowed to smoke or drink or eat cheeseburgers. But that wouldn’t make life very much fun, would it? Anyone who thinks government should have this level of control over its citizens should be tossed into a gulag. Canada.com via Winding Road.