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I worked in automotive safety design/ manufacturing.
Remember an article back in one of the trade mags around 2000.

50% of vehicle deaths caused by intrusion.

Remind all of them when any consider voting dem

Not this year.

That’s been my experience, seems like back in the 70’s when I was in High School every graduating class lost a handful of students to car wrecks.

I’ve been around high school since the 90’s now and fatal wrecks have become thankfully much less common, in a large part due to improvements in car design.

In high school I drove an old VW Microbus, a death trap if there ever was one, my son fifteen years back drove a little Toyota Tercel. Stopped in traffic he was rear ended by a 1/2 ton pickup which never touched the brakes. On impact the trunk and gas tank folded down and under, my son protected from whiplash by the seat design.

His car was driven violently into the car in front, engine folding down, front end crushed, passenger compartment remained intact, airbag deployed. My son walked away without serious injury other than the seat belt bruise diagonally across his chest.

If he had been in my old VW microbus whiplash could have snapped his neck right before his legs were crushed and he was impaled on the steering column.

Might help slow them down and let them see reality a little sooner in life, I know it did my kid, As it did me.

When I was 16 I watched a good friend of mine die, It was horrible to see at the time but I suspect it saved me from my teen years.

My kids are girls and now in their 20s.
They are careful drivers.

But that only helps so much.

Rainy night, some old fugger went wrong way and blasted two of their friends on a 4 lane.

You can be careful and still get smoked by a dumbass.

seeing death is a realistic thing. I think everyone should. Kids included.

Rather than keep em in a cocoon.

5 of my dope smokin, 4wheelin, bungie jumping, rock climbing, going to the lake buds are dead

4 over doses
1- drowned from being too drunk


No wrecks

I think folks can be realistic about death without having to look at their freinds smashed in a car.

About 12 yrs ago the kids were with their mom and a bad wreck happened right ahead of them.

Kids got to see the decapitated stranger.

Think that was bad enough.

I can’t tell you how many times I cheated death as a teenager. I was at the wheel for most of them and a passenger in a few others.

I’m not proud of any of that stupid chit I did back then. I’m very thankful that I did not hurt or kill anyone. These “bonus years” have been pretty good.

For all the dumb chit I did, I am lucky to be alive. We used to drive our Plymouth Horizon (The Hor) from the passenger seat.

This. We lost plenty in the muscle car age terrible brakes with fast cars and testosterone equals bad wrecks. We had three killed in two wrecks in one week from my class.

My buddy and I were working in a warehouse next door that night. Didn't we lose 3 or 4 Firefighters ?

Ehhh.......not so sure.

Is that like a Dodge Omni?

lol

Wannabe Gremlin?? 😃

Yep, just the plymouth version. My parents bought me a beat up used one in high school figuring I couldn't get in much trouble with it. I drove it like Joie Chitwood and am lucky I didn't kill myself or worse, one of my friends or somebody else. We lost a lot more kids in my day than my kids have in their time in school. My kids are a bit smarter than I was at their age. They actually listen to me unlike me and my parents.

Welcome to life. PS Don't take it to serious......no one gets out alive.