shutdown -h in Denver

[Alma J Wetzker]

Leon Goldstein wrote:
> Bill Campbell wrote:
> 
>> <snip>
>>
>> I saw an article recently on how many people have died as a
>> result of the CAFE (Corporate Aggregate Fuel Efficiency)
>> standards resulting as manufacturers have cut the size and weight
>> of cars to meet these standards.  Personally I like a light car
>> that handles well so I can avoid the accident rather than a tank
>> that will survive it, but then I spent 13 years racing formula
>> cars and know how to drive, unlike the vast majority of the folks
>> behind the wheel.
>>  
>>
> Two days ago a Fort Bragg sergeant driving a Nissan Pathfinder plowed 
> into a Honda, which then struck a motorcycle.
> Toll: three dead.  You can't escape the consequences of mass x velocity 
> when a driver is not paying attention, as was the case here.  And of 
> course, the sergeant survived to face court martial, although being 
> detailed to permanent IED clearing duty would be more appropriate.
> 
> (Please spare me and the list sympathetic support for the soldier.  He 
> is a jackass; a uniform doesn't change that.   I'm retired  Army, so  if 
> it takes one to know one, then I am certainly qualified.)

A few years back I saw a numbers trivia thing (It may have been Readers
Digest, I don't remember now.)  The number was 60, as in percent of
accidents involving SUV's where someone (usually in the other car) ends
up dead.

It turns out that the bumpers on SUV's are higher than on cars.  High
enough that they strike other vehicles above the safety features
designed into cars.  The only thing between you and the SUV is some
sheet metal and glass.

I am annoyed by SUV's because I cannot see traffic conditions when
driving behind one of them.  That is dangerous in and of itself.

    -- Alma