MIKE Hunter's smaller car thesis??
"WickeddollŽ" > wrote in message
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> "Jeff" ...
>> jim beam wrote:
>>> 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.
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>>>>>> 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!
>>
>> Actually, they just need to kill their kids.
>>
>> However, it often has a lot to do with education, not intelligence.
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> Exactly- I know plenty of well-educated people who don't wear their
> seatbelts routinely.
The governor of New Jersey, for instance.
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