On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 12:12:21PM -0600, Matt Murphy wrote: > True, but studies show *you* won't be better off > because you have a big car, the other guy will just be worse off. > (at least that's what studies of SUVs said) So, basically if you're > just out to kill other people, go for it, but I'll be hoping my crumple > zones (and quick reflexes) protect me. Not exactly true, the mass of my '88 chevy is more than enough to plow *through* the fiberglass cars and continue on my merry way until friction brings me to a "gentle" halt. On the extreme end, consider a semi or train running into a vehicle, the mass is too great for one of those dinky cars to stop. -- Matthew S. Hallacy FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified http://www.poptix.net GPG public key 0x01938203 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list