I use to worry about this type of thing.... but as long as you can duck down... the chances are in your favor...you'll win!
I, in just the last five months, have witnessed first hand three accidents involving large SUV's and small cars. In every case, the small car was driven away from the accident afterwards. All the SUV's had to be 'righted' and/or towed away. the first... was a lady in an Expedition...on a cell phone of course... that rear ended a Honda Del Sol at a stop light. At roughly 25 mph, the Ex. ran up on the back of the H.D.S. and flipped over off the side of the road onto the grass in front of the corner gas station. I was pumping gas and watched the whole thing happen. The SUV driver was still strapped in...hanging upside down..cell phone still in hand...with her mouth and eyeballs gaping wide open. They had to cut the door off to get her out. The Del Sol driver got out of the car and was the first person to try and get her out. It didn't even break any of the rear tail lights on the Del Sol, just crumpled up sheet metal on top of the trunk lid. the second.... a GMC Jimmy pulled out in front of traffic... making a left and ran into a car already traveling in the in the direction the SUV wanted to go. The Nissan Sentra caught the SUV behind the it's front passenger side tire and flipped the SUV over two times, and back onto a car that had stopped when it cut across in front of them. The SUV driver was dead on the scene. The Nissan drive was not charged. The third.... a MkIII Spit. Hit broad side by one of those super long Jimmy 4 door work pickup trucks...like the ones you see construction crews driving. Again...the truck rolled on its side after running up onto and over the bonnet of the MKIII. The momentum of the MKIII was enough (guessimate MKIII moving at 45mph) to spin the Jimmy (while laying on its side) That Jimmy must have made at least two full revolutions laying on its side. The MKIII backed up, and pulled over into a parking lot to get out of traffic. Yes. the bonnet was destroyed... but to my amazement the windshield wasn't even broken and both passengers got out un hurt. When I walked up to the MKIII the engine was still running. (He couldn't shut it off with the key and I helped him rip open the bonnet to get to the battery) And.... you can check out the accident I had myself... a tracker trailer blowing me off the highway at speed and the car was still drivable (bottom of the page...) www.teglerizer.com/mgstuff/yb_description.htm no one really won that one. As long as YOU... treat driving your LBC as if YOU... are totally invisible... you shouldn't have any problems. Paul Tegler [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.teglerizer.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Braun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tim Wilcox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Philip Warburton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 9:48 AM Subject: Re: Gauges and problems > At 07:04 AM 9/26/02 -0500, Tim Wilcox wrote: > >Quoting Douglas Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >... Real cars :-) use a circuit with a diode to perform this function. > > > Of course, I meant "real" from an electrical point of view. > > Anyway, many large SUV owners do not seem to believe that my Spit exists. > I have already seen two new Hummer H2's on the roads. One more thing to > worry about... > > Doug Braun > '72 Spit /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
