Yeah it seems blindingly obvious that any button, for any purpose, on a steering wheel should take a bit of effort to engage. 

These regs are put into place by government employees who seemingly have no understanding of cause and effect.  The current market for massive trucks is exhibit A.

There’s another article up right now (the Volt that nearly rolled over a couple of pedestrians) where the driver was on a suspended license and had no insurance.  Half the people I talk to who have been in wrecks were with people in this situation.  Put some freaking teeth in these laws!

“...ticketed for reckless driving, driving with a suspended license and driving without insurance...”

Sounds like there’s not a light there, but somebody’s obviously at fault for pulling into the intersection.  Sounds like it was the Volt.

Looks like maybe it caused the car to get just a little extra air, enough to help clear the pedestrians. Definitely didn’t change the direction any.

Until there are communication devices on every stationary object sending signals to cars (ie not in our lifetimes) this just isn’t going to work.

Actually there’s a percentage of value over which an insurer will total a car, which can be as low as 70% (ask how I know). They’re also building in the cost of their own employee time and general hassle factor.

I live in a 60+ year-old house (not sure if garage is part of the original build or not) and get an Infiniti QX-80 inside. We brought it home during the test drive to be sure it would fit. You’d hope the realtor would point out a HOA rule like this, but of course all they’re trying to do is close a sale.

Nah, the quarter-mile one is the only line that’s really entered the pop culture lexicon.  Since you bring the others up I vaguely remember them being in the movie but that’s about it.

Given this rule is apparently nearly 50 years old, I’d venture that’s exactly why it was first written.  No one drove massive pickups and SUVs as personal vehicles in the 70s.

I didn’t know about the lien thing for the longest time.  THAT shit is nuts.  The five old folks who make up my HOA can put a lien on my house??

THANK YOU. Made a couple of similar posts upthread. If others are right that this rule has been in place for nearly 50 years, then all but a handful of original homeowners and every single car owner made their purchase decision since it was enacted.  If your truck’s too big to fit in your garage, you may have too big…

They certainly don’t have to drive a truck that won’t fit in their damn garage. I live in TX, in a neighborhood with a HOA that is filled with some pretty big pickups that people still manage to park indoors.

The first thing we did when test driving my wife’s SUV was bring it home and be sure it would fit in the garage.  These aren’t just trucks, they’re trucks that can’t fit through a garage door.

Ours is a bit of a hassle but it also enforces architectural rules that prevent big garish modern monstrosities being built in a 60+ year-old neighborhood of midsized traditional homes, people from letting their yards go fully to hell, etc.  There are some people who abuse it, reporting neighbors for petty…

In other words this HOA rule is grandfathered in because its charter does NOT have the Kaufmann language that would automatically change the rule if a new conflicting law passes.

“Gentlemen, over the years we’ve lost out on the opportunity to attract projects for Mercedes, Volkswagen, Audi, Volvo, Toyota and Mazda. So clearly it is time to go all-in on a company none of us has ever heard of! Who’s with me?!”