Date:         Tue, 5 Sep 1995 12:57:00 -0700 (PDT)
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From:         tfab@netcom.com (thom fitzpatrick)
Subject:      Re: safety/liability questions

And mbushore@icaen.uiowa.edu thus wrote:

> the shortcomings of the vehicle when they buy it and adjust their
> behavior accordingly? (i.e. not drive their Van like it was a Porsche)

Or like all the idiots who go behind the wheel of early 911's and lit
up the back end in the first corner they came to - D'oh!  
Or same idiots who went charging into a corner too fast and slammed on
the brakes - Double D'oh!

Its easy to push the envelope on ANY car.  It gets futile trying to 
protect the driver from himself.  I think the biggest problem is people
get comfortable with their car, and stop paying attention to what their
doing, and then their not prepared when it hits the fan.

Example - how many land yachts have you seen with the guy driving slumped
down in the seat, driving with just his (her) wrist flopped over the wheel?

Thom
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