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Old December 6th 04, 02:19 AM
Nate Nagel
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Dale DePriest wrote:

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> Nate Nagel wrote:
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>> Dale DePriest wrote:
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>>> Hans-Georg Michna wrote:
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>>>> On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 10:58:24 -0500, Alex Rodriguez
>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>> Too bad. Horsepower is a safety feature. It just takes some
>>>>> driver education
>>>>> to learn how to use it as such.
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>>>> Alex,
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>>>> perhaps we should concede that a situation, in which more
>>>> horsepower is the only way out to safety, is exceedingly rare.
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>>> In addition, no amount of education will prevent some people from
>>> misusing the power and causing more safety issues.
>>>
>>> Dale
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>> I'm not sure what you're arguing, here - but just about *anything* can
>> be (and is) misused by the incompetent or stupid.
>>
>> nate
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>
> I suggesting the the statement that all people need is "just some
> education" to be safe with a huge amound of horsepower is very
> idealistic. People who are completely sane in other areas will misuse a
> car with lots of horses more often than they will be able to use it as a
> safety feature.
>
> Dale
>


i dunno, being able to merge at the speed of traffic IMHO is a safety
feature that one uses every time one enters a highway, while on the flip
side I see all sorts of underpowered vehicles still being driven at
speeds that while safe in and of themselves are enough higher than the
general traffic flow to be considered dangerous. Me, I'll take the car
with "too much" power any day over one with not enough.

nate


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