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Post #31,911
by wharris2
3/12/02 6:37:02 PM
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New Another reason to keep kids away from powerful vehicles
[link|http://enquirer.com/editions/2000/07/16/loc_pulfer_hill_hopping.html|Hill hopping.]

This particular link says they were going 60 mph; with the Jeep being airborne for 70 feet, that might be a bit low. Anyway, it's another reason to keep a teenager away from an SUV which, even in the hands of an experienced driver, is less stable than a normal automobile.

They're charging the driver with vehicular homicide. What I don't get is how her parents don't get slapped with something. Giving the keys to a SUV to a teen - a 16-year old teen, even! - is damn stupid.

Unfortunately, Ben, teens think it can't happen to them. I had a driver's education class where they showed bloody accident footage. Didn't stop those who were determined to be stupid.
Where each demon is slain, more hate is raised, yet hate unchecked also multiplies. - L. E. Modesitt
Post #32,102
by ben_tilly
3/13/02 10:17:01 PM
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New Foxtrot occasionally describes it very well...
For instance [link|http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/viewft.cfm?uc_full_date=19960412&uc_comic=ft&uc_daction=X|here], [link|http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/viewft.cfm?uc_fn=1&uc_full_date=19970112&uc_daction=X&uc_comic=ft|here], and [link|http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/viewft.cfm?uc_fn=1&uc_full_date=19970507&uc_daction=X&uc_comic=ft|here].

Of course I like foxtrot more for things like [link|http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/viewft.cfm?uc_fn=1&uc_full_date=19960520&uc_daction=X&uc_comic=ft|this]...

As for teenagers thinking it can't happen to them, the ride I was describing was quite convincing. Besides which, its main point is to get the teen to wear a seatbelt, which isn't the same as not being reckless and therefore might be more doable.

Cheers,
Ben

PS An exercise in illogic. Despite the fact that the craziest drivers in the city drive cabs, and the fact that for years every time you get in one you get a recording trying to get you to put on a seatbelt, virtually nobody actually does. :-(
"... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything."
--Richard Feynman
Post #32,114
by Ashton
3/14/02 1:39:54 AM
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New That third one was in the vein of..
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     Remember the car renter guy who got docked for speeding? - (bconnors) - (21) - Feb. 22, 2002, 09:13:10 AM EST
         You call that justice? - (ben_tilly) - (17) - Feb. 22, 2002, 01:01:24 PM EST
             Not quite correct - (wharris2) - (6) - Feb. 22, 2002, 01:06:53 PM EST
                 Re: Not quite correct - (Yendor) - (3) - Feb. 22, 2002, 01:57:57 PM EST
                     Agreed! - (jb4) - (1) - Feb. 26, 2002, 09:05:02 AM EST
                         Close... - (Yendor) - Feb. 26, 2002, 09:36:12 AM EST
                     Worse than worrying pretty little head about 'speed' is - - (Ashton) - Feb. 26, 2002, 01:01:07 PM EST
                 Perhaps I should add... - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Feb. 24, 2002, 03:54:32 AM EST
                     In general, true - (wharris2) - Feb. 25, 2002, 06:30:18 AM EST
             A punctilious attention to one datum.. - (Ashton) - (9) - Feb. 22, 2002, 05:56:10 PM EST
                 Pay attention to all significant data, please - (ben_tilly) - (8) - Feb. 24, 2002, 03:53:54 AM EST
                     GPS re speed.. not re location. - (Ashton) - (7) - Feb. 24, 2002, 05:09:51 AM EST
                         A modest proposal for new drivers - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Feb. 24, 2002, 05:58:29 AM EST
                             Another reason to keep kids away from powerful vehicles - (wharris2) - (2) - March 12, 2002, 06:37:02 PM EST
                                 Foxtrot occasionally describes it very well... - (ben_tilly) - (1) - March 13, 2002, 10:17:01 PM EST
                                     That third one was in the vein of.. - (Ashton) - March 14, 2002, 01:39:54 AM EST
                             Another proposal - (boxley) - (2) - March 14, 2002, 08:47:54 AM EST
                                 Motorcycles make these stages *much* clearer.. -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - March 14, 2002, 03:04:56 PM EST
                                     and faster, you are correct -NT - (boxley) - March 14, 2002, 04:46:18 PM EST
         What I don't understand... - (ChrisR) - (1) - Feb. 22, 2002, 01:45:25 PM EST
             Ryder does that. - (Yendor) - Feb. 22, 2002, 01:59:52 PM EST
         Didn't he sign a contract? - (Silverlock) - Feb. 22, 2002, 02:09:56 PM EST

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