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Author: jw |
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Date Posted: 19:51:47 04/17/07 Tue In reply to: Oropan 's message, "You really blew this post!" on 13:50:17 04/16/07 Mon I clearly stated that in side impact collisions, suv's are the worst, because they have the least protection for the weight of the vehicle, you are talking about straight collisions, which is the only case the detriot auto makers want us to think about. I would much rather be in a small car when hitting a tree or a concrete wall than an suv, as the suv's much greater weight will force the front or side of the car further into me than would the wieght of a small car. In senator corzine's accident, the suv did not hit any car, it tried to swerve to avoid hitting a vehicle that just pulled onto the road, it lost control, and crashed into a guard rail, a smaller car would have probably had more control, and a better chance at preventing or reducing bodily damage in this accident. Corzine's car was way over the speed limit, at 90mph, it was justified as a security measure to avoit being boxed in, but certainly he should have been wearing his seat belt. Suv's are much less meneuverable than small cars, and much more likely to tip, that is a fact, and even bush's highway safety adminstrator said he would not drive most suv's because the risk of tipping is so high. Suv's are great if you want to run someone over, they are otherwise extremely dangerous to drive. Btw, it's interesting that the humvees are the worst vehicles in iraq for protecting against the various explosive devices that are used against our troops, the best protection comes from a south african armored vehicle that is shaped like a "v" so it deflects explosions from the road away from the vehicle. >Obviously you flunked physics 101! >An object moving at a set speed has the same impact >force no matter what it hits. And the less protection >the worse the result to the impacted object. Example: >Tie a brass ball on a string and set an egg in it's >path as it swings at it. The egg is crushed. Now >repeat replacing the egg with a large cement ball with >steel reenforcing. Not much happens to the cement >ball. > > > > >> Sen. Corzine was injured in a side impact, when the >>suv smashed into the guard rail, it is quite possible >>that a lighter car would not have been penetrated as >>much because it has less force per area on the door. >>Also, in a small car, people do not have the false >>illusion of security that they have in suv's when in >>fact suv's are overall as dangerous as small cars in >>the average accident, not just one class of accidents. >> >> >> This points out the need for the seat belt law, and >>it highlights how many lives have been saved and >>damage avoided by government regulation. Even those >>who make the laws should not consider themeselves >>immune to laws that are for their protection, no one >>is immune to the laws of physics. >> >>>riding arond the NJ freeway without your seatbelts on >>>takes the cake of stupidity. >>>PSSST...he was in a large SUV!!!!! If he was in the >>>kidde cars that these same Dem politicians want us to >>>drive, he would be dead now! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Your theory doesn't hold water | Oropan | 05:53:13 04/18/07 Wed |
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