You’re kidding! Have you ever tried to get a bl*wj*b on a bicycle?

70. Delia: “Which will make EVERYTHING cost more that has to be ‘trucked’ in . . .”

Not just fuel will cost more. Has everyone forgotten already that PLASTIC comes from petroleum. The cost of plastic will go through the roof. Maybe America under the Dems can make do with hemp instead of plastic, but it won’t be pretty.

“The cost of CAFE will far outweigh the costs of buying more fuel, even at today’s inflated prices.”

Agreed. Which will make EVERYTHING cost more that has to be ‘trucked’ in. Food prices will sky-rocket and not only because of ‘trucking’ fuels but also farm equipment that relies on fuel.

NOT PRETTY.

“I am glad to hear that i was just reading to much into your comments, and you are fine. My mother has spoken very highly of you on Pajamas.”

Awwwwww. Send her a hug for me.

Maybe one day I’ll brave starting my own blog too. Right now I’m scattered in too many directions though.

You’re a sweetheart and I thank you for the kind words.

Had that been one of those little pieces of plastic, the least would have been a totaled car, the worst of course, death.

Give me steel over plastic any day.

Semper Fi.

No problem, I posted your comment. I hope you like the blog. I mainly started it to vent. I realized that this would be a good way to get out the simple truths of things related to the Constitution. Which of course is the way the Constitution was meant to be (simple).

I am glad to hear that i was just reading to much into your comments, and you are fine. My mother has spoken very highly of you on Pajamas.

Semper Fi.

I’ve never seen a compact car flipped on the roof on my way to the mountain,

I have. It was one of the thimble-on-wheels fatalities I mentioned in the article.

“NHTSA categorizes vehicles by vehicle class and “curb” weight. “… “Side crash rating results can be compared across all classes because all vehicles are hit with the same force by the same moving barrier.

Rollover ratings can also be compared across all classes.

Frontal crash rating results can only be compared to other vehicles in the same class and whose weight is plus or minus 250 lbs of the vehicle being rated. This is so because a frontal crash rating into a fixed barrier represents a crash between two vehicles of the same weight. Examples:

* It would not be permissible to compare the frontal crash results of a 4,500 lb SUV with those of a 3,000 sedan (different classes and exceeds the weight requirement).
* It would not be permissible to compare the frontal crash results of a 3,600 lb pickup with those of a 3,400 lb van (meets the weight requirement, but different classes).
* It would be correct to compare the frontal crash results of a 3,400 lb passenger car with a 3650 lb passenger car (same class and meets the weight requirement).”

Here, the NHTSA is acknowledging a basic fact of physics which you seem perfectly willing to ignore: force is the issue. Meaning that relative mass is important with regard to relative safety. And if you’ll forgive me the pun, I believe the entire point of this thread is that mass is indeed a driving force behind auto safety.

Now, just because rollover risk is presented by NHTSA as one of three ratings does not confer it equal standing in terms of risk. It is simply one of the very bad things that can happen in a vehicle that they can precisely measure. In fact, I submit that is the only one of the three that driver error is the dominant factor, meaning that if you drive an SUV safely, you can virtually eliminate this risk. Other drivers cannot force you to roll-over if you are cognizant of this risk. Meanwhile, not so for the frontal and side crash ratings, which depend equally on one’s own actions behind the wheel as on a) those of others, and b) those of other animate and inanimate objects. Even though those ratings don’t help your arguments, I think they are the ones that are of primary importance and of primary relevance with regard to CAFE.

In a frontal or side crash between a Honda Civic and a Chevy Caprice, 1994 or today, the Honda Civic loses every time. And my point is that police officers have seen this sad reality up front. And you can bet that if the Civic held up in such a crash, they would be talking that up and putting their wives in them, which they don’t do. They are after all cheaper, and officers don’t make that much money.

Nobody should have to volunteer to die, or sacrifice their own family, in the name of misguided policies the ends of which are chiefly social. What’s more, it’s not even about conservation, which I find completely galling as conservation appeals to everyone and especially me.

Seriously DS. Read Eric’s post #59. It is worth something to at least acknowledge what those are in a position to know about safety do in practice.

I just took a quick look and saw that the 1994 model year Honda Civic I own has a better safety rating than a 1994 Chevy Caprice. Tell me again how the police know so much about safety?

Just because your trusted sources say it, doesn’t mean it’s true. Check the numbers.

Peace.

DS