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Re: I'm lucky to be alive
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 20 Sep 2000 16:35:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> 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.
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 missed the bumper completely and mangled the
back of the Sprint. (Fortunately the lady didn't have any kids in the
back seat...) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=15092
is a link to a photo I took when the emergency workers were getting
her out of the car and onto the stretcher.
SRC
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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