MIKE Hunter's smaller car thesis??

so let them. natural selection.

 

Evolution in action.

 

Evolution in action.

 

"Bill Ward"

I live in bubba territory (North Carolina), and we just had two
ejection-from-truck accidents, and in both cases, the (belted) passengers
lived.

I saw a little kid, about a year old, *walking around* in a king cab. I
would have reported them, if I wasn't so busy watching that child and
fuming.

I don't get why *they* don't get it.

Natalie

 

"Bill Ward"

I live in bubba territory (North Carolina), and we just had two
ejection-from-truck accidents, and in both cases, the (belted) passengers
lived.

I saw a little kid, about a year old, *walking around* in a king cab. I
would have reported them, if I wasn't so busy watching that child and
fuming.

I don't get why *they* don't get it.

Natalie

 

chill babe! you're witnessing something vital to the survival of the
species! if the stupid ones kill themselves [and their kids], they will
die out. that leaves more for the rest of us!

 

chill babe! you're witnessing something vital to the survival of the
species! if the stupid ones kill themselves [and their kids], they will
die out. that leaves more for the rest of us!

 

In one case in NE PA, a truck was stopped waiting to turn as a car in
the other direction was approaching on a four-lane road. A vehicle
behind the stopped vehicle ran into the stopped truck, flipping the
truck. The driver of the stopped truck was not wearing a seat belt and
was thrown from the vehicle. He died.

In another case, a kid about 18 months old was in his buckled-in child
seat when a t-boned went through a read light and t-boned the van he was
riding in. His dad was fine. The kid was thrown from the van, with the
seatbelts ripping through the plastic of the seat. The ambulance people
were not able to get a tube down his throat to help him breath. That's a
bad sign. When they were bagging him on the way in, air was coming out
around his eyes. That's way bad.

The only sign of life he had was that he peed before he was pronounced
dead (a reflex action by his spinal cord, no doubt).

The odds of getting killed or injured on a single trip are small. And,
as the story about the 18 mo old shows, even when you do the right
things, a family member can still die. As the adult who was hit from
behind shows, you need to wear the seat belts all the time, even when
stopped, to reduce the odds of death the most.

Jeff

 

In one case in NE PA, a truck was stopped waiting to turn as a car in
the other direction was approaching on a four-lane road. A vehicle
behind the stopped vehicle ran into the stopped truck, flipping the
truck. The driver of the stopped truck was not wearing a seat belt and
was thrown from the vehicle. He died.

In another case, a kid about 18 months old was in his buckled-in child
seat when a t-boned went through a read light and t-boned the van he was
riding in. His dad was fine. The kid was thrown from the van, with the
seatbelts ripping through the plastic of the seat. The ambulance people
were not able to get a tube down his throat to help him breath. That's a
bad sign. When they were bagging him on the way in, air was coming out
around his eyes. That's way bad.

The only sign of life he had was that he peed before he was pronounced
dead (a reflex action by his spinal cord, no doubt).

The odds of getting killed or injured on a single trip are small. And,
as the story about the 18 mo old shows, even when you do the right
things, a family member can still die. As the adult who was hit from
behind shows, you need to wear the seat belts all the time, even when
stopped, to reduce the odds of death the most.

Jeff

 

Actually, they just need to kill their kids.

However, it often has a lot to do with education, not intelligence.

Rather, I would like to keep all the kids alive and have them well educated.

Jeff

 

Actually, they just need to kill their kids.

However, it often has a lot to do with education, not intelligence.

Rather, I would like to keep all the kids alive and have them well educated.

Jeff

 

"Jeff" ...

Exactly- I know plenty of well-educated people who don't wear their
seatbelts routinely. They only wear them for the highway, which is stupid,
since most fatalities happen within 30 minutes of one's home. Dunno why
that is; my guess is that on the highway, people tend to be more alert.

I get the Darwin thing, but it's not the kids' fault their parents are
idjits.

Natalie

 

"Jeff" ...

Exactly- I know plenty of well-educated people who don't wear their
seatbelts routinely. They only wear them for the highway, which is stupid,
since most fatalities happen within 30 minutes of one's home. Dunno why
that is; my guess is that on the highway, people tend to be more alert.

I get the Darwin thing, but it's not the kids' fault their parents are
idjits.

Natalie

 

Yeah, I know there is the rare instance of restraints either failing, or
even causing the death, but those are exorbitant odds that nobody should try
to dodge.

Natalie

 

Yeah, I know there is the rare instance of restraints either failing, or
even causing the death, but those are exorbitant odds that nobody should try
to dodge.

Natalie

 

The governor of New Jersey, for instance.

 

The governor of New Jersey, for instance.

 

"JoeSpareBedroom" <...

Yeah, I remember that - and he was speeding.

What a twit.

Natalie

 

"JoeSpareBedroom" <...

Yeah, I remember that - and he was speeding.

What a twit.

Natalie

 

The governor of New Jersey, for instance.[/QUOTE]

What about him? He wears his seatbelts, NOW.

Jeff