Joe wrote:
> On 2008-04-02, Zeppo <zeppo_m@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>I had a '71 New Yorker that had a bumper that was the entire back of the
>>car. I was rear-ended by a '78 Buick doing about 25 mph. It left a 2"
dent
>>in the center of my bumper that was not even worth fixing.
>>
>>If that same car had rear-ended my '06 Accord, it would be totaled and
I'd
>>have been hurting.
>
>
> Not quite. The car would likely be seriously damaged at the least, but
> you'd likely walk away without a scratch.
>
> And in a serious crash, the old detroit steel wouldn't hold a candle
> to the new cars. You're much safer in a modern car.
>
>
That may be so but in so doing, modern engineering may have defeated the
Darwin principle. The result, a dumber society.
Yes, Walt Kelly was right... "We have met the enemy and he is us."
JT
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