re: let's make helmets out of cast iron!
Posted by Carl F from 216-224-149-217.thegrid.net (216.224.149.217) on Thursday, February 21, 2002 at 3:06PM :
In Reply to: Let's put little styrofoam bumpers on the front ! posted by don-ohio from newlmus-fw.portsmouth.zoomnet.net (208.31.76.2) on Thursday, February 21, 2002 at 1:58PM :
What happens in a two-vehicle crash is awfully hard to predict- as for an F-250 driving over a Volvo wagon, who knows. Nonetheless, let me again advise you to examine the construction of passenger cars and compare it to trucks. Cars have time and time again been proven in tests to be far safer than trucks, vans, and SUV's. They have to meet stricter criteria, and they do. It would certainly seem, from a simplistic approach, that more metal would always be an asset, but things are not as simple as they seem.
As far as any perceived "brain-cramp" I may be having, it seems particularly odd to me that a moped rider would extoll the virtues of more metal and American iron ad nauseum. Nothing wrong with mopeds, but it does seem to be an odd dichotomy.
: Carl,you're wrong,wrong,wrong!My truck would not only crush the Volvo but probably run right up on top of it!The Volvo is the loser.The problem is that people are only hearing about cars which under their own weight are run into a wall.A head-on collision totally changes the situation.Then it's big against little,strong against weak,weight and speed against weight and speed.Don't compare apples to oranges Carl.But it's none of my business if people decide to risk their lives in styrofoam cars.Go ahead......make my day!The Volvo IS a fine car;that's why a fine Company like Ford bought it.But it's NO MATCH in a 55 mph head-on with a 4800 lb. F-250!Get Real,Carl!Re-read my post over and over until your `brain-cramp' subsides.Okay? Don-ohio (:^)
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