I see the point you're making. I think you're friend though, may be misinformed. Take a look at these two links:
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/transportation/motor_vehicle_accidents_and_fatalities.html (look at first .xls) The last referenced link indicates that over the last 30 or so years, collisions dropped by about 40% and fatalities dropped by about half, depending on which statistic is being considered. Even if the number of accidents stayed constant, it would statiscially be at a lower rate because there are more vehicles and drivers with each passing year. This was US data, I can't speak for Canadians. ;-) I love/hate antilock brakes. I like that it prevents me from going into an uncontrolled skid, but then again when I'm using studded tires going down a steep icy road with 50 - 300 ft. drop offs, when I tell the car to stop, I want it to STOP, and with antilock brakes it slows but keeps going. I understand what your saying, there's always the subset of the population that acts invincible behind the wheel because they have 4WD or AWD, but statistically the safety features may/seem to prevent accidents/save lives. Of course there are other factors that go into the statistics besides just car safety features. Drunk driving penalties and enforcement is up, etc. Tom On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:36 AM, William Robb <war...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Cakalic" > Subject: Re: PESO - Snowproofed > > > For instance? > > Seat belts, radial tires, strut type suspension, ABS brakes (a real biggie), > air bags. > Pretty much anything that has been marketed to make the driver think that > they can either push the envelope a bit harder or that has been sold as > making the driver safer in a crash has resulted in more accidents rather > than less. > At least that's what my friend at SGI Claims tells me. > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
