shutdown -h in Denver

[Bob Hemus]

On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 17:04 -0600, Alma J Wetzker wrote:
> 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
Amen!!!  Most of those rigs never leave the asphalt.  You ought to see
those idiots, chained-up going 60+ mph on I-80 from Sac to
Reno-Tahoe/Donner summit to go skiing and then going home!  I had a 69
Nissan Patrol(new)from 1970 to 1992 and 190,000 miles on the odometer.
Many, many miles out in the boondocks and many miles with all 4 wheels
chained on state & federal highways.  Never drove it over 25 mph
chained.  All it took was common sense.
Bob