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Old 02-23-2019, 11:17 AM   #191 (permalink)
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The problem is not my driving...
In France, driver are totally crazyn and wiyh the "fashion" of SUV, you can be hit by these "big cow" without "ask anything"...
I was asking about the actual odds, not the type of hazard. What do the insurance companies say? I put seat belts in my car when they were a rare option, and have not thought about it since.

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Old 02-23-2019, 11:28 AM   #192 (permalink)
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If the car is "street legal" (understand with "technical control" on date), you can drive it.
No problem with isurance company,, this car is pretty cheap on this point....

The most economic car I think:
Cheap to buy, to ensure, to maintain (tire, oil, filter etc...), a lot of parts in wrecking yard....
Fuel economy is very nice on Diesel and even gasoline engine...
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Old 02-23-2019, 01:04 PM   #193 (permalink)
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The problem is not my driving...
In France, driver are totally crazyn and wiyh the "fashion" of SUV, you can be hit by these "big cow" without "ask anything"...

and abracadabra, poof, just like that they were gone.
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Old 02-23-2019, 03:43 PM   #194 (permalink)
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Old 02-23-2019, 03:56 PM   #195 (permalink)
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Old 02-23-2019, 11:43 PM   #196 (permalink)
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in France, we have the Citroen Ax, basic model have a weight of 640kg (1410 lbs)
IIRC it was supposed to be a successor to the 2CV. Well, at least it remained lightweight, even though it might not fare so great off-roading as the 2CV would.


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I remember seeing a lot of them with Uruguayan plates some 20 years ago. Haven't seen one since 2013.
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Old 02-26-2019, 07:12 AM   #197 (permalink)
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IIRC it was supposed to be a successor to the 2CV. Well, at least it remained lightweight, even though it might not fare so great off-roading as the 2CV would.
=> There is not really a comparaison to do with the 2cv.
The 2cv was a extrem basic car only done to move people.
The Ax is a car completly made for economic reasons.

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NVDOT is waffling, but is major redesign of freeway for the 5 th time in 10 years.
Perhaps they should install spikes into the walls. When people perceive danger, they act more carefully.

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Just because the light turns green doesn't mean go. Without looking.
Us two-wheelers know that, but it seems should be a mandatory question on the drivers exam, or better yet, drivers should be placed into a VR simulation where they have to look out for other bad drivers to pass the exam. Get hit in simulation, fail the test.

Avoid collisions is the first rule of driving, all the other ones follow from it.
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Avoid collisions is the first rule of driving, all the other ones follow from it.
YouTube vids prove when some drivers get dashcams they cause collisions for... their 15 minutes of fame?

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