Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Possibly, but I was shooting B&W film, so I won't see them for a while.;~) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] crash safety (was Re: S2 vs. 645D) > > On Mar 5, 2012, at 9:10 AM, Bill Pearce wrote: > >> It is very difficult to make these sort of generalized predictions. If >> they were all true, we would only drive Suburbans. But I hate really big >> cars. What to do? >> >> In the last 5 years of testing there have been some unusually surprising >> results. Several quite small cars tested at a very high score, and of >> course, several big ones didn't do so well. And pickups, a large portion >> of what's on the road where I live, will smash anything but isn't >> something you want to be in, in a wreck. And further, Driving a Suburban >> doesn't do one a bit of good if struck by a semi, so buying a big car >> over a small one really doesn't mean a thing; a large sedan over a mini >> when hit by a Hummer? Isn?t worth the trouble and gas. >> >> Me? I'm buying a cement truck. > > > > anybody take any interesting photos this weekend? > > > Steve > > >> >> Bill Pearce >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Tomas Szoboszlai >> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 8:40 AM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] crash safety (was Re: S2 vs. 645D) >> >> According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: >> >> "The death rate in 1-3-year-old minicars in multiple-vehicle crashes >> during 2007 was almost twice as high as the rate in very large cars." >> >> It is the same for single-vehicle crashes: >> >> "The death rate per million 1-3-year-old minis [small cars] in >> single-vehicle crashes during 2007 was 35 compared with 11 per million >> for very large cars. Even in midsize cars, the death rate in >> single-vehicle crashes was 17 percent lower than in minicars." >> >> http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr041409.html >> >> Tom Sz. >> >> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at >> earthlink.net> >> wrote: >>> Chris Crawford wrote: >>> >>>> Don't believe everything the government tells you. In 2000, I was >>>> driving >>>> my 1991 Chevy Caprice down West Jefferson Boulevard, Fort Wayne's main >>>> east-west road. Speed limit on the highway is 50mph, and I was going >>>> close >>>> to that when a woman who was high on pot ran a stop light and pulled >>>> into >>>> an intersection I was passing through. I slammed on my brakes and my >>>> car >>>> crashed directly into the side of her Ford Tempo, a small car. My car >>>> caved in the side of her car and pushed it 50 feet off the road. My car >>>> was smashed a bit in the front but was still driveable. I drove it >>>> home! >>> >>> A single anecdote no matter how meaningful to you does little to predict >>> the outcome of future unknown accidents. We can't predict with 100% >>> accuracy any particular accident, the severity of each one or the >>> outcome of any single event but over time by accumulating data from >>> numerous incidents patterns can appear. That's what the NHTSA data is >>> supposed to represent. >>> >>> OTOH if your particular driving habits include a greater-than-average >>> incidence of crossing intersections when someone else is rolling through >>> a stop sign then your anecdote has some value in predicting your future >>> accidents. >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Birdman of Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >