Brent P wrote:
> In article >, WindsorFox wrote:
>> GatorMan wrote:
>>> http://www.autosafety.org/article.php?scid=173&did=907
>
>> Neither is forced busing but that doesn't make it right.
>> An 88 Town car? Give me a break, that woman should be in
>> prison. The only way a 140 HP 88 Town car could over come
>> it's breaks is if it got rear ended by a loaded dump truck.
>
> On top of that... it doesn't have any new fangled control system either.
> It's cable connected to a butterfly valve.
>
> I read these things and I think that people are simply way too ingorant
> of the technology they are using. Anyone who knows how a car works can
> deal with the failure we are being told occurs if it really did happen
> which is doubtful given the two-feet on the brake pedal story telling. Of
> course maybe these same people had no brak linings left on their pads.
> Failure to maintain the brakes is still their fault.
>

I've said this for years. If that 16 yo girl I saw
weaving through traffic at 60MPH on a BUSY 4 lane road with
a 40-45 MPH limit had the first clue about momentum and the
weight of the car, she wouldn't be doing it.

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