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Small cars test poorly for side impact
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| 3/7/5
| DEE-ANN DURBIN
Posted on 03/07/2005 7:50:26 AM PST by SmithL
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I know, let's blame SUVs.
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posted on
03/07/2005 7:50:27 AM PST
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here!
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posted on
03/07/2005 7:52:09 AM PST
by
agitator
(...And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark)
To: SmithL
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posted on
03/07/2005 7:52:27 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(The South seceded over refusal to end slavery. Blue states want to secede for the same reason......)
To: SmithL
In other news, the basic laws of physics have not yet been repealed.
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posted on
03/07/2005 7:55:13 AM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(“Every time a system is made foolproof - a new class of fool emerges.”)
To: SmithL
It would not take a rocket scientist to figure that out. Big guy's almost always beat up little guy's.
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posted on
03/07/2005 7:56:04 AM PST
by
Piquaboy
(22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
To: SmithL
This problem could be solved if we allowed the police to shoot the driver of the SUV whenever there is an SUV/small car crash. That way the fatality rates will even out.
Gotta be fair, after all.
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posted on
03/07/2005 7:56:07 AM PST
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: Fierce Allegiance
LOL!! mass x velocity (squared) right?!
I don't fear SUV's where I live, I drive one, I fear coal trucks going 65 loaded with 60 tons of coal. They don't make anything that can withstand that except another coal truck and I think parking them may be a pain.
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posted on
03/07/2005 8:00:38 AM PST
by
WV Mountain Mama
(Congratulations to my brother in law Mike, 21st in his age group in Ironman New Zealand, March 2005.)
To: WV Mountain Mama
Yup. When those things hit something, someone's going to die.
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posted on
03/07/2005 8:03:35 AM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(“Every time a system is made foolproof - a new class of fool emerges.”)
To: biblewonk
Here's that story. "Acceptable" when equipped with optional side airbags. "Poor" when not.
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posted on
03/07/2005 8:03:59 AM PST
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
To: WV Mountain Mama
Up here in the N. Panhandle, it's trucks loaded with rolls of steel that we have to worry about - not SUVs nor Dodge Neons. Sometimes those rolls slip off and crush nearby cars.
To: SmithL
WE are all going to die, the sky is falling, we are all going to die.
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posted on
03/07/2005 8:17:24 AM PST
by
dts32041
(When did the Democratic party stop being the political arm of the KKK?)
To: mountaineer
My dad used to deliver rolls after he machined them. He is pretty anal about safety and he would get so furious when people would pass him and get back in line right in front of him. Of course the distance after the cut in would not be enough time for him to stop if he had to quickly, and I am sure some snotty attorney would love that case of the big bad truck rearending the dumb driver who just had to pass.
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posted on
03/07/2005 8:25:30 AM PST
by
WV Mountain Mama
(Congratulations to my brother in law Mike, 21st in his age group in Ironman New Zealand, March 2005.)
To: SmithL
What about safety tests of the new hybrid vehicles? A side or rear impact of a Toyota Prius would I think be a fatal experience as well as a hazardous spill from the battery contents leaking out.
To: SmithL; Aquinasfan; cyborg
Small cars test poorly for side impact
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posted on
03/07/2005 8:27:55 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Have you heard the rumor? Choco ration's going up! Double-plus good, eh?)
To: SmithL
They don't do real hot in rear or front end collisions where vector speeds are up about 40MPH.
But then I own two SUVs, so I don't much care!
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posted on
03/07/2005 8:28:17 AM PST
by
Logic n' Reason
(Don't piss down my back and tell me it's rainin')
To: SmithL
Oh, by the way, the same is going to be true of ANY unibody vehicle.
Trucks, most SUVs and the Ford Crown Victoria are constructed using body-on-frame construction. I love my Vic.
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posted on
03/07/2005 8:30:09 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Have you heard the rumor? Choco ration's going up! Double-plus good, eh?)
To: agitator
Here is your winnings sir.
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posted on
03/07/2005 8:30:37 AM PST
by
tcostell
To: Petronski
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posted on
03/07/2005 8:33:16 AM PST
by
cyborg
(http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
To: Petronski
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posted on
03/07/2005 8:34:14 AM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: WV Mountain Mama
Based on my observations, most accidents involving trucks and cars were precipitated by a stupid move on the part of the driver of the car. The maneuver you described is too common for comfort.
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posted on
03/07/2005 8:36:24 AM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Encouraging heteronormativity wherever I go!)
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