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Originally Posted by Christ
This is a rather unexpected comment coming from someone on this site...
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My mistake. I thought this site was about getting the most mileage for your money.
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Originally Posted by Christ
...how exactly do you think you can avoid all possible situations that might lead a driver into a body of water? I mean, other than never driving near water, it's not necessarily true that the driver of the vehicle has control at all times, especially after an initial accident situation, wherein the vehicle is no longer under the control of the driver.
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My driving is in Colorado, and I'm almost never near a body of water.
How exactly do you think you can avoid sliding off the road in a blizzard??
Do all your driving in Death Valley!
The point is the reason the super efficient vehicles in Europe can't be imported into the USA is because the laws mandate that we have a one size fits all approach to our cars. So we have to have airbags popping out of every surface, safety glass everywhere, and all kinds of equipment to protect us in the "eventuality" that we are going to crash. I think everyone should be "required" to ride a bicycle or motorcycle part of the time so we get the idea that crashing is not something that you want to do. Instead we drive with cell phones to our ears, so we can do something other than pay attention to what we are supposed to be doing (driving), GPS so we don't have to pay attention to where we are going, and humongous balloon equipped heavy vehicles so that crashing is no big deal.
I don't want a car that's designed to be safe for driving into the water. And I don't think that people in Death Valley should be required to have all the equipment that I want for keeping my vehicle on the road on steep icy hills in whiteout visibility.
I don't want laws protecting me or anybody else from our own ignorance. But this is America, and I like it.
Now back to that spandex boat-tail...