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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 21:37:03 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?
> What I don't get is how they are legal on the road in the first place.
Chiming in a bit late here. As usual, it's not regulation that's needed, per
se, but some encouragement of responsibility. That super high SUV driver needs
to be responsible for things his SUV causes. I would posit that no-fault
insurance shields drivers from unwise choices and doesn't encourage insurance
companies to enforce policy conditions.
Rather than regulating the height of SUVs, why not let the insurance companies
charge higher premiums to those that choose to raise them to unsafe heights?
++Lar
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| (...) This topic isn't exactly an obsession of mine but I thought I'd point out that much more than certain "costs" are at stake here. And I for one am not prepared to accept that money will cover for the damages (i.e. the ability to cover for the (...) (24 years ago, 21-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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