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Date:         Thu, 4 Jan 1996 11:44:29 -0500
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From:         michael.heron@utoronto.ca (Michael Heron)
Subject:      Re: Vanagon safety statistics

>Click and Clack (the Car Talk guys) railed on a woman about the dangers >of driving her '76 Westy (tippy, no side impact protection -- suggested >she wear a footbal helmet). Anyway, I've heard that the Vanagons are quite >safe. Does anyone have real stats on this? Vehicle deaths per mile? >Or Insurance company type of data? > >Tom > >Tom Ervolina >Production, Distribution and Transportation Research >IBM Research >Yorktown Heights, NY

Gee if Click and clack think a 76' westy is dangerous i wonder what they would think of my all metal (padded dash we don't need no steenkin' padded dash!!!!) deathmobile 65 westy. about all that separates me from a front end collision is some sheet metal and the "Y" shaped hater tube that runs up to the dash. Am i scared? Hah i laff in ze face of death <cackle>!

Hope i never have to find out how my bus fares in a front end collision, then again my idea of driving fast is 55MPH!

michael


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