Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] computer and car prices (was Re: [MLUG])

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Michael wrote:

> I'm not sure I'd agree cars are safer. They replaced metal with plastic
> and I've known way to many people who've died in car crashes due largely
> to faulty vehicles. Maybe expensive cars are safer. The cheap bubble
> cars most of us seem to end up with aren't so decent.


I know that a few years ago, in Consumer Reports or somesuch, they wrote
that the size of the car was extremely important in determining survival
in an accident.  Maybe newer cars are safer in some ways that help to
avoid accidents, and they do have airbags, but I still think I'd rather be
in a 1971 Pontiac Catalina than in a new Honda Civic when the two cars
have a head-on collision.  Pretty sure, not 100%.  The old Catalina
probably didn't even have a shoulder strap, just lap belts.

Mike

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