<VV> Medical waivers - making Corvair safer

[Charles Lee]

Bigger cars just minimize the chances that the 'other car' will be bigger 
than yours.

I think the goal is not just to reduce the injury to yourself (which bigger 
cars do) but to the 'other guy' as well.

Bigger cars just mean you will cause more damage and injury to the other 
car, and spare yourself, which is our own personal goal.

Many SUVs are actually too big to drive on the streets where they live, not 
realizing the 6000 lb weight limit excludes many (most ? all ?) SUVs.

Charlie

PS:

I'm not a lawyer, I just play one in court when someone messes with me - 
good hobby that comes in handy sometimes.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Robbins" <therobbins82 at gmail.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Medical waivers - making Corvair safer


> If I had to ever be in a wreck I'll take my Suburban with that massive 
> body
> and air bags vs. an old car especially a ragtop. But you never know when
> your ticket is punched so it can happen anytime anywhere I guess. Did you
> see the study done where they did a head on test with a new Impala against
> an old Impala, you know one of the old land yachts and the results showed
> the old car the driver would have been killed and the new Impalas driver
> escaped with a leg injury. I would have never guessed that result thinking
> the old boat would protect you best because of the sheer size of it. Never
> know and don't want to.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Charles Lee
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 12:56 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Medical waivers - making Corvair safer
>
> Consider it the 'admission fee' for doing whatever it is - smoking or
> driving a classic car or not wearing your helmet or seat belt.
>
> If you enjoy riding your mountain bike or motorcycle without a helmet 
> enough
> to pay more, it your choice.
>
> Sometimes driving a classic car can be an advantage if it doesn't suffer
> from structural rust, and a Corvair is actually made of real metal and
> should stand up pretty well ?
>
> We've seen a few Corvair accidents and I wonder if anyone looked to see 
> how
> they stood up against the modern cars involved.
>
> It's probably too soon to look at Eddie Corson's 1962 Corvair, but is 
> there
> anything we can learn from that tragedy ?  I don't believe he hit another
> car but what can we do to prevent the accident, or minimize injury.
>
> Isn't that how Ralph into Corvairs in the first place ?  He picked the
> Corvair as a vulnerable target simply because GM handled it badly, but did
> make cars safer, too bad it was at the expense of the Corvair (yes, that's
> not why GM stopped production - another story)
>
> The fines levied go to the local community, and don't go to covering the
> cost of their potential medical expenses, which are still 'socialized' ?
>
> Charlie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Corbin" <airvair at earthlink.net>
> To: <AeroNed at aol.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 4:35 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Medical waivers - No Corvair
>
> So the sad truth is that for every person who refuses to accept
> responsibility for his own contributory neglegence of not wearing a helmet
> or seat belt, we (the clients) all end up having to share the added burden
> of those unnecessary expenses in the form of higher premiums.
>
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