[ale] cars (was: unusual global warming experiment)

[Charles Shapiro]

OTOH, there is the view that the best safety improvement you could
make to a car is a six-inch spike comin' out of the steering wheel
pointed at the driver's chest. It would certainly improve **my** odds
of survival in most cases.

-- CHS

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Preston Boyington
<preston.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jim Kinney wrote:
> <snipped>
>> Get rid of the steering wheel for
>> all but the most rural, desolate areas so the cars can be far lighter
>> and pollute less (of all tailpipe outputs).
>
> ugh, steering wheels cause (and have caused) more deaths in an accident
> than people realize.  in a front impact you now have a shaft capable of
> pushing into your chest which houses your delicate internal organs.
> this is why changing the factory steering wheel to something smaller is
> discouraged.
>
> newer cars are better about this, but it was a slow transition.  most
> just thought the answer was a seatbelt.
>
>> Even better still, make them
>> so they can "train" together and only have to push the air out of the
>> way for the first car.
>
> ah, 'drafting' (or tailgating for you in law enforcement).  this is even
> seen being used by birds on long journeys.  most people don't realize
> that the birds 'trade off' the lead position to other birds in order to
> conserve their energy for the trips.
>
>>
>> If my car could drive itself home I could spend more time at the pub! It
>> would be boost to the local economy!
>>
>
> definitely a plus.  :)
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