Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All cars are dangerous for one reason or another. Big heavy 4x4s are far more likely to have a crash in the first place since they have less grip than a car anyway, partly because of weight partly because of crude suspension (usually) and partly since they are fitted with lower grip tyres so they pass the rollover test despite their higher centre of gravity. Small cars are less likely to have an accident but if something heavy ploughs into them it will almost certainly do more damage. It is best not to worry, since there is nothing you can do about it! FD >________________________________ > From: Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Monday, 5 March 2012, 17:10 >Subject: Re: [Leica] crash safety (was Re: S2 vs. 645D) > >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. > >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 > >