Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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! -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 3/5/12 12:29 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: >What you say only applies to frontal collisions. According to NHTSA, in >all their other categories (side impact, rollover etc.) vehicle >size/weight is irrelevant. > >Nathan Wajsman >Alicante, Spain >http://www.frozenlight.eu >http://www.greatpix.eu >http://www.nathanfoto.com >PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > >YNWA > > > >On Mar 5, 2012, at 4:54 AM, Chris Crawford wrote: > >> Here, you have idiots in giant SUVs who all think the traffic laws don't >> apply to them. I see these dickheads every day running stop signs, >> speeding like crazy, tailgating anyone who dares drive the speed limit, >> etc. An Escort gets hits by a big SUV, and the Escort and its passengers >> are squished like bugs under your feet. I drive a Crown Victoria because >> of this. These guys in SUVs respect a big car like that because they >>know >> if they hit it, the Crown Vic is not going to flatten like an econobox. >>It >> costs more for gas, but its worth it to know I won't get myself killed >>by >> some fool. >> >> I obey traffic laws and drive safely. Few others here do. My life is >>worth >> more than theirs. >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-437-8990 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >> On 3/4/12 6:00 PM, "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: >> >>> Seems to be adequate for most of the (non-US) world ;-) >>> >>> john >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> She hated that Escort the entire time she had it. It was a little >>>tin-can >>> shitbox that rode rough, had no engine power, was claustrophobically >>>small >>> inside, and God help you if you get in a wreck with someone driving a >>>big >>> car! >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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