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Ban cars because theyre too fast?
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Imagine getting a letter from the U.S. Department of Transportation saying your car is banned from public roadways because it’s too fast.That’s exactly what the editors at Automotive News magazine would like to see happen.Wait, what?Earlier this year, editors of the automotive trade magazine wrote the Dodge Charger Demon puts 840 horsepower into the hands of drivers untrained to handle such power as they head onto highways, which happen to be filled with fellow travelers who have no idea that one slip of the foot launches your car into traffic like some demonic video game.What Automotive News did not comment on are the numerous crashes and deaths already attributed to the deadly combination of high speeds and drivers’ lack of experience, a discussion that needs to include the 707 horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat.Not only are Hellcats and Chargers popular on the road, there are many more sitting at home that drivers can’t seem to keep on the road. So many in fact that TheDrive.Com has been dedicating columns to the art and science of using the totaled cars’ engines as powerful rebuilds for project cars.The most popular column featured a wrecked Hellcat with only 18 miles on it. 18 miles.As they wrote, the “poor slob” probably didn’t even make it home from the dealership.Two guys in Colorado wanted to test drive a Hellcat at the Buena Vista Regional Airport.