MIKE Hunter's smaller car thesis??

My apologies. I am so used to right-wingers throwing out non
sequiturs that I didn't read it carefully. I will administer the
lashes to myself.

 

As somebody once said, you can turn on Formula One on TV and watch a
skinny little French guy sititng in a bathtub full of gasoline ram
into a wall at 200 mph and walk away.

 

As somebody once said, you can turn on Formula One on TV and watch a
skinny little French guy sititng in a bathtub full of gasoline ram
into a wall at 200 mph and walk away.

 

Yow, that's a rude thing to say.

 

Yow, that's a rude thing to say.

 

Here our Gov medical system and our Gov auto insurance only pay part of
your medical bill if you have driving injuries and weren't wearing your
seat belt.

 

Here our Gov medical system and our Gov auto insurance only pay part of
your medical bill if you have driving injuries and weren't wearing your
seat belt.

 

He probably has most of his money invested in GM, the company that just
loves making big profit on big SUVs.

 

He probably has most of his money invested in GM, the company that just
loves making big profit on big SUVs.

 

And if two large SUVs, which have typically less crush zone than a mid
sized car, hit one another the occupants in both large SUVs are usually
seriously injured.
The ultimate dumbness in this "drive very large for safety" argument is
the person driving a large SUV to defend themselves from a semi.

 

And if two large SUVs, which have typically less crush zone than a mid
sized car, hit one another the occupants in both large SUVs are usually
seriously injured.
The ultimate dumbness in this "drive very large for safety" argument is
the person driving a large SUV to defend themselves from a semi.

 

-who were driving large SUVs when they had a single vehicle roll over
accident?

 

-who were driving large SUVs when they had a single vehicle roll over
accident?

 

So the oil drilling companies only employ left handed people.
Mike your prejudices are showing again!

 

So the oil drilling companies only employ left handed people.
Mike your prejudices are showing again!

 

As a point of fact, it seems more vested in Ford. Either way, he's on
the loosing end.

 

As a point of fact, it seems more vested in Ford. Either way, he's on
the loosing end.

 

Well I'm also a structural engineer and your assumption is flawed. I
agree with you if the two different size vehicles have equal stiffness
but if the larger one was more stiff and the smaller one less stiff,
it may be that the larger one has the fatalities and the smaller one
has survivors.

 

Well I'm also a structural engineer and your assumption is flawed. I
agree with you if the two different size vehicles have equal stiffness
but if the larger one was more stiff and the smaller one less stiff,
it may be that the larger one has the fatalities and the smaller one
has survivors.

 

I believe this is called "crush zones" where sections of a car are designed
to crush easily in a crash to absorbed the impact. The old race cars were
built so stiff and solid that they readily survived crashes relatively
intact, but the driver was killed. This also depends on how small the
vehicle is. I recall the original Honda that was about half the size of a
standard compact car. There was no room for any crush zone and it would go
flying when hit due to lack of weight. This is not good if slammed into a
tree or other structure.

Depending on the specifics of the crash, a large SUV will not be pushed as
much as a smaller car and in some instances a larger vehicle will give the
occupants a better chance of surviving. It all depends on so many factors
that you can not make any blanket statements about survivability.