Date:         Sun, 8 Apr 2007 19:27:55 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Are they still making the bus/Vanagon anywhere these days?
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I was reading recently about a study done that examined driver
aggressiveness/carelessness in relation to the driver's awareness of and
belief in the safety features of the vehicle, and their conclusion was that
the extent that the driver felt that the vehicle would protect him in the
event of an accident correlated to the severity and number of the risks the
driver would take. Don't remember where I saw it so I can't relate any more
than that but it would'nt surprise me if there was a good bit of truth to
it.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Milo" <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: Are they still making the bus/Vanagon anywhere these days?


> Absolutely, Jake,
>
> "When I was a kid, the cars were weak and the drivers were adequate, but
> it
> seems that nowadays the cars are really advanced and driver training
> hasn't
> kept up.  I hear at least twice a week about a 'rollover' on Hwy 1 outside
> of Vancouver and I'd swear that I never heard of a single one from
> 1971-1999".
>
> Combine that with aggressive drivers and a diminishing law enforcement
> presence (namely the state police, at least around here) and you hear
> about
> accidents where the surviver has to be cut out of what is left on a weekly
> basis. I don't care so much that they take themselves out, but I do really
> mind when they crash into someone totally innocent, taking them out too.
>
> Dumbing down, hmm, maybe. I really think that a lot of bad driving is done
> by drivers that know perfectly well what they doing (not driving badly but
> thumbing their nose at the law). I was traveling down a two lane highway
> last Saturday going through a village with a 45 MPH speed limit. I was
> doing
> 47, and got passed twice by people going much, much faster. Of course when
> they got to the crest of a hill further down the road, the brake lights
> came
> on hard, because that's where the cops used to sit.
>
> The attitude seems to be "If I can get away with it, I will".
>
> Dave
>
> On 4/8/07, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> <Snip>
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