--- "M. Malmkvist" wrote: > Having thought about it for a while, I'm amazed how > many of you believe in > the car's ability to speed out of a danger situation > <quote (taken a bit out of context)> > that someone comes bearing down on you out of > nowhere and the only way to > avoid an accident is to be able to punch the gas and > have the car respond > immediately . . > </quote> > I sort of get the idea that you are all driving > around in 400 bhp eggshells > (okay, no eggshell weighs 2 tonnes), but still... > Many accidents are unavoidable because either the > driver don't realise he's > in a danger situation or he simply isn't humanly > able to react fast enough > (given the speed many people drives with today).
<snipped quite a lot here, except for my incident> > > >When I lived in Dallas, I was driving home one > > night > > >from a friend's and noticed headlights coming up > > fast > > >behind me. I flared my brake lights, thinking > that > > >the driver didn't see me -- he _accelerated_ and > > >rammed my car...when I realized that I was being > > >paced on either > > >side by two _more_ cars...he rammed again... > > >I punched the old Thunderbird... > > >up to 90+mph... that V-8 left the[m] far behind... I believe in a Deity, but it was engineering and a refusal to panic that got me out of that situation. I suppose technically that, since I never learned the workings of the internal combustion engine, I _did_ believe in rather than understand how I used the car to escape -- but escape I did, and if I'd been in a little Corolla, say, I might not be posting today. Debbi who drives a smaller car now, but is hypervigilant to compensate __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com
