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i don't get it, why do you say not to buy an SUV? i don't think i would buy a Corolla after reading that. she lost control not him, it's sad that she died but if he was in a Geo or maybe even a Contour who knows if he would have made it. it sounds to me like the SUV saved his life. i could be reading it wrong though. SHE lost control and crossed the line right?
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It implies that she was on his side of the road but doesn't say specifically, considering how often people cross the lines on that road in the corners I wouldnt be suprised if they were both a bit over their lines.
Ponder this, if she did the usual "I need a bigger SUV than you" and was driving say a 2500 suburban his blazer would have gotten owned. I don't usually view Japanese cars as being particularly safe but I think it's somewhat obvious her car took the brunt of the assault. If they had both in say, volvo's I think they both could have possibly walked away.....
just food for thought
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Originally posted by The Honkeytonk Monkey: Nonsense! I could take an SUV in my old jetta, in fact I did, and I won! HE bent my trunklid and broke my taillights, I in turn caught his bumper with the trailer hitch and tore the front of his suburban right off. I won!  Even the DevilRays win a few! I have seen a Jetta get hit by an F350, Jetta did NOT win!
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Originally posted by Lee:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by daenku32:
they cause more gruesome accidents then anyother vehicle. Actually, the accidents semis are involved in are usually caused by the other vehicle.
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I hate semis...I have a fear of a wheel flying off or something when Im passing them...I only pass them if I can FLOOR it and get the hell outa the way
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Originally posted by Pete D:
It implies that she was on his side of the road but doesn't say specifically, considering how often people cross the lines on that road in the corners I wouldnt be suprised if they were both a bit over their lines.
Ponder this, if she did the usual "I need a bigger SUV than you" and was driving say a 2500 suburban his blazer would have gotten owned. I don't usually view Japanese cars as being particularly safe but I think it's somewhat obvious her car took the brunt of the assault. If they had both in say, volvo's I think they both could have possibly walked away.....
just food for thought
-Pete OR if they both had HUGE SUVs, neither of them would had noticed the crash. I hate the "People driving econo-boxes are in danger from being run over by SUVs, so lets get rid of SUVs" argument. And even your example leaves the person with the bigger SUV walking away. I don't particularly like SUVs, but I'm not going to fault them cause they will crush my car.
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That may be because when a semi gets into an accident, the other driver isn't usually alive to give their side of the story... Originally posted by Viss1: Originally posted by Lee:
[b][QUOTE]Originally posted by daenku32:
they cause more gruesome accidents then anyother vehicle.
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No, the laws of physics DO NOT work that way. I'd venture to say that if they both had HUGE SUVs, the impact from the crash would have killed them both.
All of that inertia in the moving SUV doesn't disappear when it crashes into another SUV!
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[/QUOTE]OR if they both had HUGE SUVs, neither of them would had noticed the crash. [/QUOTE]
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