XPost: alt.home.repair, rec.autos.tech   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 06/29/2013 09:11 PM, Larry W wrote:   
      
   > In article , Dean Hoffman  <""> wrote:   
   >   
   >>  The U.S. government keeps increasing the fuel mileage standards, for   
   >>example.   Vehicles are being made lighter as a result.  How many more   
   >>people are killed or injured because of that?   Suppose we had vehicles   
   >>sturdily built like the ones from the 50s 60s with modern safety   
   >>features?   
      
   ...which I've never needed. If you buy a new car every couple of years   
   you have a point, but I don't.  When I get rid of a car it's all used up.   
      
   > The vehicles built in the 50s and 60s were deathtraps compared to today's   
   > cars. You are much more likely to survive or have fewer injuries in   
   > a crash with a modern car compared to one from 50 years ago, all other things   
   > being equal.   
   >   
   > I don't really care much for the IIHS or the nanny regulations our country   
   > has adopted,  but you can't argue with performance.   
   >   
   > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtxd27jlZ_g   
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