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Re: I'm lucky to be alive
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 8 Sep 2000 18:08:34 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Steve Chapple writes:
> In lugnet.people, Richard Marchetti writes:
> > > I understand that SUVs and other raised up vehicles represent a particular
> > > hazard to more typical automobiles in an accident because they have a
> > > tendency to get pushed up and ride over the other car, crushing down or
> > > otherwise just removing the upper part of the vehicle and removing human
> > > heads as they go.
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> I don't understand why more attention isn't focused on this issue.
> A few Firestone's wreak some SUVs and you're got a major crisis, but
> those same SUVs are a major hazard to normal vehicles and there seems
> to be far less concern about that. Off-road vehicles should remain
> off-road shouldn't they?
Surely you must recognize the difference between a defective product (tires)
which, upon catastrophic failure, directly cause an accident and a product
(SUV's) whose design, in the event of an accident, may be unsafe. The high-
bumper in itself isn't a cause of accidents, though a blown-out tire may very
well be.
Of greater trouble, in my view, is the way that--at least in Pittsburgh, and
almost without exception 8^)--an SUV is treated by its driver as an excuse
from driving with any idea of courtesy or consideration. Wild lane changes,
undue and inappropriate speeds, non-use of signals--whatever you can name,
I've seen them in practice here in the Burgh.
Admittedly, these behaviors aren't necessarily more prevalent than in those
who drive respectable family cars, but it just seems more of an issue when the
headlights of the oncoming vehicle are right at forehead level!
Dave!
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| (...) I guess you're right - We don't have the hot temperatures up here that (combined with underinflation?) seem to trigger the Firestone mishaps. Just yesterday, right outside my window, a little Sprint was rear-ended by a big Dakota 4x4. It (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I don't understand why more attention isn't focused on this issue. A few Firestone's wreak some SUVs and you're got a major crisis, but those same SUVs are a major hazard to normal vehicles and there seems to be far less concern about that. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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