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Old 30 Jun 2007, 12:52 pm
Gordon McGrew
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Default Re: MIKE Hunter's smaller car thesis??

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:45:45 -0700, BobG <bobgardner@aol.com> wrote:

>> I'd also like to know more about what types of accidents were involved,
>> especially for pickups. My guess would be rollovers.

>====================================
>There was a campaign in the US to get get the good ol boys in pickup
>trucks to use their seatbelts. Maybe they thought their personal
>liberty was being encroached on by the intrusive governmant
>regulations, but they were dying in disproportionate numbers by flying
>out during crashes.
>


Sounds like a win-win situation to me.

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