<VV> Laura Bush on Corvairs

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Which makes the big car the murderer here. The REAL problem is the enormous spread in the sizes of cars. Throughout 70s and 80s, car sizes were a lot closer together. And if you took a modern small car vs a big 60s car, the survivability would be surprising, I am sure. 

At any rate, most fatal accidents are single vehicle accidents anyway. So, that's what the crash design survivability should be designed for. 

 

John Roberts
 

 

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From: Mike Jacobi <mvjacobi at comcast.net>
To: Steven J. Serenska <corvair at serenska.com>; virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wed, Apr 28, 2010 9:44 am
Subject: Re: <VV> Laura Bush on Corvairs


I think the point to be drawn from the article is evident and is proven
every day,  Big cars typically provide more survivability than little ones
do.   I remember back in the early sixties when one of the big three which
was kind of under siege by small foreign cars, took a volks bug and ran a
full size four door Detroit car into it broadside,,,then published the
results as showing why small cars are a dangerous drive.  As I recall, VW
then took a four door full size Detroit car and hit it broadside with a mack
truck, showing that size in an accident, does matter.  Inertia and kinetic
energy rule, at least they did back in the day.

Mike in Michigan

63 Monza Vert
58 Volks Vert
69 Buick Vert


On 4/28/10 8:44 AM, "Steven J. Serenska" <corvair at serenska.com> wrote:

> VVers:
> 
> There is an article in today's New York Times concerning Laura Bush's
> forthcoming book.  I'm sure that everyone on this list knows she was
> involved in a fatal car accident in which the other driver was at the
> wheel of a Corvair.
> 
> While it's clear from her words that the cause of the accident was her
> blabbing with her friend, being distracted, and running a stop sign,
> Laura Bush seems to make an attempt to lay off some of the blame on the
> Corvair:
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/books/28laura.html?no_interstitial
> 
> All politics aside, casting aspersions like this is both annoying and
> unfortunate.  I wish she had just said "the accident was my fault and I
> am devastated by it."
> 
> Grrrr.
> 
> Steven J. Serenska
> 
> '65 Monza Convertible, 110/4
> '66 Corsa Coupe, 140/4
> 
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