MIKE Hunter's smaller car thesis??
"JoeSpareBedroom" <...
> "WickeddollŽ" ...
>>
>> "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.
>
> The governor of New Jersey, for instance.
>
Yeah, I remember that - and he was speeding.
What a twit.
Natalie
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