> -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew S. Hallacy [mailto:poptix at techmonkeys.org] > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 1:26 PM > To: mmurphy at tc-tech.com; TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] RE: OT: big dumb cars > > > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 12:12:21PM -0600, Matt Murphy wrote: > > > True, but studies show *you* won't be better off > > because you have a big car, the other guy will just be worse off. > > (at least that's what studies of SUVs said) So, basically if you're > > just out to kill other people, go for it, but I'll be > hoping my crumple > > zones (and quick reflexes) protect me. > > Not exactly true, the mass of my '88 chevy is more than enough to plow > *through* the fiberglass cars and continue on my merry way > until friction > brings me to a "gentle" halt. > > On the extreme end, consider a semi or train running into a vehicle, > the mass is too great for one of those dinky cars to stop. > > -- > Matthew S. Hallacy FUBAR, LART, > BOFH Certified > http://www.poptix.net GPG public > key 0x01938203 > Reminds me of the parody of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" "In a Yugo" _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list