Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 12:12:21PM -0600, Matt Murphy wrote: > > >> True, but studies show *you* won't be better off >>because you have a big car, the other guy will just be worse off. >>(at least that's what studies of SUVs said) So, basically if you're >>just out to kill other people, go for it, but I'll be hoping my crumple >>zones (and quick reflexes) protect me. > > > Not exactly true, the mass of my '88 chevy is more than enough to plow > *through* the fiberglass cars and continue on my merry way until friction > brings me to a "gentle" halt. > > On the extreme end, consider a semi or train running into a vehicle, > the mass is too great for one of those dinky cars to stop. > Having known somebody who actually did plow *through* a fiberclass car and merrily wiped out a family, I can tell you that the fact that he didn't sustain injuries didn't really help him much. He managed to survive a couple more months until his birthday and then the pain became too much and he ended it. For the first time in decades the survivability of a crash is going down, and I think it's pretty safe to say it's because of the mismatch in vehicle sizes. Kent _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list