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Originally posted by perry:
........ But don't forget to go after the moron drivers that are more concerned with saving a few seconds than slowing down when they see a cop on the side of the road..........
Ultimately, this is the solution. I know MA SP turn their lights and keep them on whenever they pull over to the shoulder and they are very visible.
Bless our servicemen & women overseas.
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Saying that if you hit any car at 55+ is gonna = a fire is true. But the Pinto had the same sort of prolbem. There is very little protection around the gas tank. The tank is located behind the rear axel. The cops usually have a box that holds the tape machine. This is one thing that cuts the tank open in an accident. I think they should put better sheilding around the tank to lessen the chances of a fire. This is not an issue with regular Crown Vic's but it is with the PI's. They put mods on the Crown Vics to make them PI's, why not just add more protection to the gas tank as part of the package?
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Thought that story was intrseting till I looked at the DATE October 2000.  Second there is HORRIBLE stuff coming out about Ford every week. This story was the other day, I don't here alot of stories about Impalias doing it. These are some WEAK arguments, how about some of the dead people do to explorers?
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Originally posted by bigMoneyRacing:
FWIW Ford has already addressed the situation by relocating the bracket that penetrated the tank on these rare collisions...
NOT so RARE collisions. Several throughout the state of Texas have died and in Dallas there have been a couple. Not so rare.
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Originally posted by jarednt1:
Thought that story was intrseting till I looked at the DATE October 2000.
Second there is HORRIBLE stuff coming out about Ford every week. This story was the other day, I don't here alot of stories about Impalias doing it.
These are some WEAK arguments, how about some of the dead people do to explorers?
You and being quiet. Try combining the two.
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Once in a great while, we all come accross a thread that is just ridiculous... There are no words to describe this one... 
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Originally posted by jarednt1:
Thought that story was intrseting till I looked at the DATE October 2000.
Second there is HORRIBLE stuff coming out about Ford every week. This story was the other day, I don't here alot of stories about Impalias doing it. (Not to mention mixed tense)
These are some WEAK arguments, how about some of the dead people do to explorers?
English, try writing in the typical language of most of this board's participants.
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Dude it's always intrseting to hear about Impalias. I here they are pretty phast! Some of the dead people do Impalias too. It's pretty intrseting when you smoke Impalias and write stuff, you here stuff.
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Here's a take on rear end collisions. In 1982 I fell asleep at the wheel of a 1978 pinto. At around 45 MPH (last look before sleeping) I hit 2 parked cars, both 4 door, a 1980 chevy citation which in turn hit the 1975 chevy nova right in front of it, which in turn smashed THRU a brick wall. All three cars were leaking fuel, (the pinto a little, the others looked like gallons) and the doors wouldn't open on ANY of the cars. My guess is because they had full tanks there weren't enough fumes to cause an explosion. Sometimes you just have an impact that no motor vehicle could survive. All three were totalled.
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Originally posted by 00ContourSE:
With all due respect to the loss of the numerous officer's lives due to these sort of incidents....
When are these sue-happy douchebag state attorney generals going to realize that if a stationary object, namely a gasoline filled automobile is struck by an object in motion to the tune of 55mph plus, namely another vehicle, there's most likely going to be an explosion, and yes anyone in the car is probably going to die? It's simple physics. I'd like to see these conditions replicated with other types of vehicles. I'll bet the same thing is going to happen. It's not Ford's fault if someone behind the wheel of a car is negligent enough to not notice a car's roof ablaze with strobe lights, and not think to stay clear of it. So to say "I hope Ford goes DOWN" is a very ignorant, poorly thought out statement.
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I couldnt agree more. Well said.
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