MIKE Hunter's smaller car thesis??
WickeddollŽ wrote:
> "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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>====================================
>>>>>>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.
>
>
> Exactly- I know plenty of well-educated people who don't wear their
> seatbelts routinely. They only wear them for the highway, which is stupid,
> since most fatalities happen within 30 minutes of one's home. Dunno why
> that is; my guess is that on the highway, people tend to be more alert.
>
>>Rather, I would like to keep all the kids alive and have them well
>>educated.
>>
>>Jeff
>
>
> I get the Darwin thing, but it's not the kids' fault their parents are
> idjits.
>
> Natalie
>
>
Maybe but bear in mind that the defective genes have probably been
passed on down...
JT
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