[Ducati] Re: Stoplight

[Brian Adrian]

>
Have you ever been rear ended sitting at a stoplight?  My daughter  
was and she was the third car if front of the first one to get hit.  
$3000 damage to her Ford Ranger and a serious whiplash that took over  
a year of pain and therapy. ( the seatbelt didn't tighten so it threw  
her back then forward into the steering wheel) It didn't help that  
the driver causing the accident was going 60 mph. It would be a lot  
safer out there if everyone had more patience. Leave a safe distance  
even if it means sitting through the light one more time.

Brian A.

> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:10:08 -0700
> From: Ronald Betts <ronaldebettsasalc0015 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Ducati] Physics 101 ( Rant)
>
> OK, I think I have had it with the nice people who leave a car  
> length or more in between the car ahead of them and their car. Im  
> on my Ducati ( Note Ducati content) behind someone at a left turn  
> signal waiting to make the light. Only problem is I'm probably not  
> going to make the light because the nice people in front of me are  
> seperated by at least a car length each and there are four of them.  
> Thanks for thinking of the guy behind you ,nice people. But then I  
> guess I have a tendency to show some courtesy to the people who  
> share the road with me. At a stop light I keep things tight and off  
> to one side so at least a few of the poor saps behind me can make  
> the light. When I ask people about this rude habbit they usually  
> respond in a nasty tone that they are trying to be safe and keep a  
> distance from the car in front of them in case they are rear ended.  
> Huh? The guestion is, if all things are equal such as car weight  
> and speed of aproaching vehicle , who takes the most punishment in  
> a rear end collision, the guy who is close to the car in front of  
> him , or the guy who sits a car lenth back ? Let 's see , isn't  
> there some theory about time , distance and the amount of energy  
> absorbed by the occupant in a given amount of time ? You folks got  
> brains and I know my fellow Ductisti know the answer. And what  
> about those people who refuse to pull up enough to change the  
> signal. OK, I feel better now......Go Stoner !
>
> Peace...Ron'Desmohead'Betts 95 900 SPI've learned that I don't  
> suffer from insanity, I enjoy it