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Old June 30th 07, 09:02 PM posted to alt.autos.toyota,alt.autos.toyota.trucks,rec.autos.makers.honda,alt.autos.honda,sci.energy
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Default MIKE Hunter's smaller car thesis??

WickeddollŽ wrote:
> "Bill Ward"
> , BobG wrote:
>>>> I'd also like to know more about what types of accidents were involved,
>>>> especially for pickups. My guess would be rollovers.
>>> ====================================
>>> There was a campaign in the US to get get the good ol boys in pickup
>>> trucks to use their seatbelts. Maybe they thought their personal liberty
>>> was being encroached on by the intrusive governmant regulations, but they
>>> were dying in disproportionate numbers by flying out during crashes.

>> Evolution in action.
>>

>
> 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!
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