pe�dan�tic
-adjective
1.
ostentatious in one's learning.
2.
overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching.
-Synonyms
2.  didactic, doctrinaire.

 I like that ...
"overly concerned with minute details."

kinda has a conotation of being bothersome or dragging down of energy .
hey, I suffer from that all the time ! but ...
why pick over all the silly details ..

the guy needs a working speedo with odometer for his van's inspection..
nothin' complex about that.
now if someone would just come up with one ...

somewhere in there I saw 'in miles or kilometers' ..so sounds like if a
miles version can't be found ..
a kilometer version might legally suffice.

pedantically yours,
S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike S" <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+

> At 06:39 PM 7/14/2010, Jeff Schwaia wrote...
>>Okay... if you really want to get technical...
>
> Sure. None of the cites you give are the enabling legislation for the
> FMVSS, where speedo requirements are found. As a matter of fact, the
> first one, 15 USC Sec. 1381, was repealed in 1994, and no longer even
> exists.
>
> Then there's the pedantic. The feds, by the Interstate Commerce clause,
> can legitimately control requirements for vehicles involved in
> interstate commerce. All others, nope, that's up to the states. There's
> also the simple fact that the Constitution gives Congress no authority
> to delegate law (i.e. "regulatory law") to anyone else, let alone
> non-elected bureaucrats.
>
> Second, the practical. Even if you accept the unconstitutional status
> quo, the federal regs (FMVSS) apply to manufacturers and sellers, not
> owners. See the enabling legislation for the FMVSS at 49 USC Sec.
> 30112, et seq. - "a person may not manufacture for sale, sell, offer
> for sale, introduce or deliver for introduction in interstate
> commerce...unless the vehicle or equipment complies..."
>
> Further, FMVSS doesn't apply to used vehicles (ibid) - "Nonapplication.
> - This section does not apply to - (1) the sale, offer for sale, or
> introduction or delivery for introduction in interstate commerce of a
> motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment after the first purchase of
> the vehicle in good faith other than for resale..."
>
> Or to those vehicles 25 years of age... "Nonapplication. - This section
> does not apply to - (9) a motor vehicle that is at least 25 years old."
>
> You want to remove your speedometer? There's no _federal_ law
> preventing it.
>
> Your turn, but do your research better this time.