<VV> The four "deadliest" cars of all time...
J R Read_HML
hmlinc at sbcglobal.net
Wed Aug 20 02:04:02 EDT 2008
Of all time? Time started in 1984?
Only US cars on the list? I guess Porsche Carrera (or other even more
exotic that only a small minority owned/drove) never was in an accident?
I agree on the "driver" thing and I've seen Volvos driven in an unsafe
manner. My thought when I see that is that the driver expects the car to
keep him/her safe regardless of the driving style. Maybe they are second
owners - not the original buyer for safety reasons?
Later, JR
CCE CORSA CORVANANTICS SCG member
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
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Subject: <VV> The four "deadliest" cars of all time...
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> Beginning in 1984 the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)
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> http://www.iihs.org/default.html
>
> started tracking car occupant death rate and found that the rate
> for sports cars is nearly twice as high as for average cars...
>
> Corvettes: 4.7 deaths per ten thousand
> Mustangs: 4.3 deaths per ten thousand
> Camaros: 4.3 deaths per ten thousand
> Firebirds: 3.2 deaths per ten thousand
>
> What is it about these cars that is so unsafe? The drivers.
> The cars themselves are not inherently unsafe. It's the
> way people drive them...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6pvl2y
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> and:
>
> http://www.insure.com/articles/carinsurance/deadliest-cars-2.html
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>
> Tony Irani
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