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You also have to think about the crashes that didn't happen: e.g. the small car that didn't go off the road where a pickup would have, because it handles better.
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Your giving the average driver (around here anyway) much more credit than they likely are capable of... honest to God!.
Still don't see the reasons for the 3x... neither did Wenzel and what-his-name.
I mean seat belts, air bags and anti-lock... all the standard safety items... and were not talking accidents were talking 3x fatalities... what causing them? It would interesting to see what the data said on the seat belt use.
I've had pickups as primary since about '83, but they all had toppers and generally some amount of stuff in them... so they were actually balanced little better and handled fairly well for what they were. Only 1 was 4x until 2009 when I bought the 1 ton that will never see snow BYW as they can't do snow with out salt anymore. When they were winter drivers they also carried at least 500 pounds 1/4 and 1/2 ton, 800 on the 3/4 just in front the the rear axle for winter road conditions... so in reality I did not have the light rear issue until this 1 ton. Its WAY to light on the rear for my tastes for wet roads, but until I get the tonneau cover on it I can't lock anything in it or keep it dry. Maybe that's part of it... the winter weight (that many many people do) coming forward in a crash??? Hummm.
Well were getting off topic again...... but before I go
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First snow of the season gives a prime example of driver mentality and safety as the ditches become filled with 4x4s that the "drivers" mistakenly thought would allow them to "drive" just as recklessly as they do the rest of the year.
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Come on Frank, give us a little credit... I see em too 4x and 2x... seem to forget everything is 4 wheel brake. Which is why sometimes I'd just go have coffee... let em either get home or in the ditch and then I'd go back to work (or to where ever) when they were done screwing around. There is no snow I can't run (providing its not deep enough to hang you up or its 20 ft deep like on US 20 in Nebraska that time...), but I set up my personals proper for it every winter. I also carry chains if it gets bad enough. 20 years of the Northwoods of WI will do that (well at least back when they still got real snow). Still set up the cars with special front WD snow tires all the way around. Works well. FYI... I still operate everything as if I'm 80k by default (and I got out truck in 1989), 3 semi lengths following distance at typical cruise, watching everything in a 1/8 mile radius 360 continuously. Watching to the rear almost as much as the front, never boxing in, always leaving outs even when pulling up behind someone at a light, never in center lanes etc etc.
BTW... on good dry conditions 4 lane interstate with limited traffic is 70 reckless in your mind? Or maybe your unfortunate enough to have to deal with suburbiaville rush hour (my condolences)... 90% of them ARE nuts or just untrained... spooked me several times when they are averaging 80-90mph bumper to bumper 6 lanes wide... and giving me the finger because I was trying to maintain a real following distance. (I95 near Phila, I25 S of Denver, hell Cincinnati for that matter). You remind me of my friend John... of 35 years now... if he ever gets over 55 mph... I believe he believes he'll go into warp mode and disappear or something. Scares him for some reason I guess...could be his eyes though... bad tunnel vision but he wont admit it. If its a limitation for him what he is doing is just fine.
Good night gentleman...
Next topic... aero under the 1 ton... I'm planning a hard roll-up for a bed cover.