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Experts: Teens safer in newer, larger cars
Detroit News ^ | 12-22-14 | Karen Kaplan

Posted on 12/24/2014 7:45:26 AM PST by smokingfrog

Link only.

Bigger, gas-guzzling cars are safer.

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KEYWORDS: autosafety; crashtestdummy; suv
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To: arthurus; a fool in paradise

safety car

61 posted on 12/24/2014 10:43:10 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: IYAS9YAS; Responsibility2nd; nascarnation
Okay, so I was off a bit. Up until 2012, not all new cars had ABS and ESC, as of 2012, it was made mandatory that all new cars come with ESC, which also relies on ABS. So prior to 2012, not all cars came with it.

My 2010 Santa Fe has ABS and traction control (applies brakes when a variation in wheel speeds is detected, but not ESC). My 1997 CR-V has none of these things, except automatic 4-wheel drive which kicks in when sensors detect differing wheel speeds.

62 posted on 12/24/2014 10:49:19 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: left that other site

Type ‘small car’ at google then click on images.
No one is safe in a small car.
Type in ‘small car accidents’ and you will wish you did not. Too gory.


63 posted on 12/24/2014 10:56:30 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: Brother Cracker

1972 Buick Electra 225
#15 Imagine how long the 4 door version was!


64 posted on 12/24/2014 10:58:48 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: Brother Cracker

That is one big, beautiful machine.


65 posted on 12/24/2014 11:02:29 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: Brother Cracker

My parents had a 67 Electra. It got up and went, I think it had a 430 ci engine. We called it the gunboat. They had it for about 15 years.


66 posted on 12/24/2014 11:09:49 AM PST by Bruce Kurtz
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To: minnesota_bound

http://www.automobile-catalog.com/make/buick/full-size_buick_7gen/electra_4gen_hardtop_sedan/1972.html

characteristic dimensions:4663 lbs outside length: 227.9 in / 19 feet.

http://www.automobile-catalog.com/make/buick/full-size_buick_7gen/electra_4gen_hardtop_coupe/1972.html


67 posted on 12/24/2014 11:18:16 AM PST by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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To: minnesota_bound

Indeed.

I cringe when I see those “Smart Cars” on the road.


68 posted on 12/24/2014 12:12:31 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: right way right

It was light blue on the bottom ‘half’, white on top. Bought in summer 70 for $250. It came without an outside rear view mirror. Because of the windshield wrapping around the sides somewhat, and the vent window frame, the best location for the mirror was on the fender. That’s all I did to it. My friends and I had a lot of fun, driving it in a more realistic ‘dukes of hazzard’ fashion. Sold it two years later.


69 posted on 12/24/2014 2:00:42 PM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: bert

Only if they come with birth control and will not go over 45 MPH.


70 posted on 12/24/2014 4:06:40 PM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: Fresh Wind

They also get out of your way in the fast lane.
I have a old ‘99 Grand Marquis in silver, and people do that when I come up behind them.


71 posted on 12/24/2014 5:26:03 PM PST by CapnJack
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To: smokingfrog

And soon,increasing CAFE requirements will make them impossible to buy.

CAFE needs to be dismantled, and the bureaucrats who enforce it need to find useful employment.


72 posted on 12/24/2014 5:29:15 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Dr. Sivana

If they’re weaving, it’s probably because slower traffic isn’t keeping right. It is a common problem.


73 posted on 12/24/2014 5:33:28 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster
If they’re weaving, it’s probably because slower traffic isn’t keeping right. It is a common problem.

Nope. Weaving is wrong even if they were.
74 posted on 12/25/2014 2:40:19 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Dr. Sivana

If you’re blocking the fast lane, I’m passing you in the right every time. If that’s “weaving” in your world, so be it. By the way, you are the one breaking the law, if you are impeding traffic flow hanging out in the left lane. The bill discussed here passed:

http://m.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/left-lane-lurkers-could-be-ticketed-under-new-bill/nWY6Z/


75 posted on 12/25/2014 3:17:29 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

Crossing three lanes in 2 seconds is dangerous. I was behind the whole thing in the middle lane and observed the weaver who was ahead of me the whole time, so my speed had nothing to do with it.. The lane was never “blocked”.


76 posted on 12/25/2014 3:49:17 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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