Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]WHAT? What do you think this list is for? -----Original Message----- From: Steve Barbour Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 11:33 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] crash safety (was Re: S2 vs. 645D) On Mar 5, 2012, at 9:10 AM, Bill Pearce wrote: > It is very difficult to make these sort of generalized predictions. If > they were all true, we would only drive Suburbans. But I hate really big > cars. What to do? > > In the last 5 years of testing there have been some unusually surprising > results. Several quite small cars tested at a very high score, and of > course, several big ones didn't do so well. And pickups, a large portion > of what's on the road where I live, will smash anything but isn't > something you want to be in, in a wreck. And further, Driving a Suburban > doesn't do one a bit of good if struck by a semi, so buying a big car over > a small one really doesn't mean a thing; a large sedan over a mini when > hit by a Hummer? Isn?t worth the trouble and gas. > > Me? I'm buying a cement truck. anybody take any interesting photos this weekend? Steve > > Bill Pearce > > -----Original Message----- From: Tomas Szoboszlai > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 8:40 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] crash safety (was Re: S2 vs. 645D) > > According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: > > "The death rate in 1-3-year-old minicars in multiple-vehicle crashes > during 2007 was almost twice as high as the rate in very large cars." > > It is the same for single-vehicle crashes: > > "The death rate per million 1-3-year-old minis [small cars] in > single-vehicle crashes during 2007 was 35 compared with 11 per million > for very large cars. Even in midsize cars, the death rate in > single-vehicle crashes was 17 percent lower than in minicars." > > http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr041409.html > > Tom Sz. > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at > earthlink.net> > wrote: >> Chris Crawford wrote: >> >>> Don't believe everything the government tells you. In 2000, I was >>> driving >>> my 1991 Chevy Caprice down West Jefferson Boulevard, Fort Wayne's main >>> east-west road. Speed limit on the highway is 50mph, and I was going >>> close >>> to that when a woman who was high on pot ran a stop light and pulled >>> into >>> an intersection I was passing through. I slammed on my brakes and my car >>> crashed directly into the side of her Ford Tempo, a small car. My car >>> caved in the side of her car and pushed it 50 feet off the road. My car >>> was smashed a bit in the front but was still driveable. I drove it home! >> >> A single anecdote no matter how meaningful to you does little to predict >> the outcome of future unknown accidents. We can't predict with 100% >> accuracy any particular accident, the severity of each one or the outcome >> of any single event but over time by accumulating data from numerous >> incidents patterns can appear. That's what the NHTSA data is supposed to >> represent. >> >> OTOH if your particular driving habits include a greater-than-average >> incidence of crossing intersections when someone else is rolling through >> a stop sign then your anecdote has some value in predicting your future >> accidents. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information