On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Charlie Bell wrote:
> >
> > A serious question to consider before buying one, though, is how well a
> > low-weight, low-emission vehicle will stand up in a collision with a
> > massive SUV. (I'm tempted to make an attempt at humor by asking if they
> > will be able to tell which parts were you and which parts were the dog
> > without DNA analysis . . . OK, I did. ;-) )
> >
> >
> > -- Ronn! :)
>
> Simple. Don't crash... ;o)
Can't always be helped. The way some of these people drive SUVs around
here (and the women as a class seem to be ruder and less mindful of the
safety of others than men as a class), you have to drive *very*
defensively.
Now, if I hit the right kind of SUV in the right spot at a high enough
speed, *I'm* the one who's going to walk away. But if I get rear-ended or
T-boned by an SUV, I'm going to be hurting pretty badly.
And what do you do about the idiot who obliviously runs a red light at
night? Start invoking the death penalty for that sort of thing if a
fatality results? (Hm. Maybe that would make some people drive a little
more friendly....)
Julia
