Petition seeks change in waiting period for imported vehicles

A petition has been filed urging the White House to reduce the waiting period from 25 to 15 years for cars being imported to the U.S. through unconventional channels.

The petition calls for the Obama Administration to:

Stop using Homeland Security funds to seize imported vehicles, and change the DOT/EPA exemption to 15 years.

The Department of Homeland Security spends a shockingly disproportionate amount of its budget not on security initiatives, but on customs seizures. In particular, importers of grey-market vehicles have been targeted by monies taxpayers have intended to be used to secure our country against terrorism and terrorist activity. We call upon the Executive Branch to immediately cease this wasteful activity, and furthermore to change the DOT/EPA exemption time on grey-market vehicles from 25 years to 15 years (to match the vehicle regulations of Canada), recognizing that the 25-year rule was enacted due to support from special interests such as Mercedes Benz North America.

25,000 signatures are needed and supporters are nearly halfway there. Click here to register with the White House website and sign the petition.