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ParticipantSUV’s are 6x more likely to kill occupants of other vehicles
http://www.crashtest.com/explanations/safety/index.htm
In single vehicle crashes they contribute almost half the deaths despite being a significantly smaller percentage of vehicles.People in SUVs and Pick ups were 11% MORE LIKELY to die than people in cars
http://www.autosafety.org/article.php?did=949&scid=7SUV are also lousy at avoiding crashes
http://www.gladwell.com/pdf/suv.pdfPick up trucks are basically death traps – death rates (deaths per miles traveled) were approximately 50% higher than SUVs, and roughly 3x higher than cars
http://books.google.com/books?id=lZ2ojjLs658C&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=suv+death+rate+compare&source=web&ots=D4dVXGpnlU&sig=YWu8KdOCsQ_HE6BIqSuNvCwTElY&hl=en#PPA64,M1I’d rather avoid the whole accident in the first place with a good handling car, than rely on being hit, and hoping that you come out ok.
ParticipantSUV’s are 6x more likely to kill occupants of other vehicles
http://www.crashtest.com/explanations/safety/index.htm
In single vehicle crashes they contribute almost half the deaths despite being a significantly smaller percentage of vehicles.People in SUVs and Pick ups were 11% MORE LIKELY to die than people in cars
http://www.autosafety.org/article.php?did=949&scid=7SUV are also lousy at avoiding crashes
http://www.gladwell.com/pdf/suv.pdfPick up trucks are basically death traps – death rates (deaths per miles traveled) were approximately 50% higher than SUVs, and roughly 3x higher than cars
http://books.google.com/books?id=lZ2ojjLs658C&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=suv+death+rate+compare&source=web&ots=D4dVXGpnlU&sig=YWu8KdOCsQ_HE6BIqSuNvCwTElY&hl=en#PPA64,M1I’d rather avoid the whole accident in the first place with a good handling car, than rely on being hit, and hoping that you come out ok.
ParticipantSUV’s are 6x more likely to kill occupants of other vehicles
http://www.crashtest.com/explanations/safety/index.htm
In single vehicle crashes they contribute almost half the deaths despite being a significantly smaller percentage of vehicles.People in SUVs and Pick ups were 11% MORE LIKELY to die than people in cars
http://www.autosafety.org/article.php?did=949&scid=7SUV are also lousy at avoiding crashes
http://www.gladwell.com/pdf/suv.pdfPick up trucks are basically death traps – death rates (deaths per miles traveled) were approximately 50% higher than SUVs, and roughly 3x higher than cars
http://books.google.com/books?id=lZ2ojjLs658C&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=suv+death+rate+compare&source=web&ots=D4dVXGpnlU&sig=YWu8KdOCsQ_HE6BIqSuNvCwTElY&hl=en#PPA64,M1I’d rather avoid the whole accident in the first place with a good handling car, than rely on being hit, and hoping that you come out ok.
ParticipantSUV’s are 6x more likely to kill occupants of other vehicles
http://www.crashtest.com/explanations/safety/index.htm
In single vehicle crashes they contribute almost half the deaths despite being a significantly smaller percentage of vehicles.People in SUVs and Pick ups were 11% MORE LIKELY to die than people in cars
http://www.autosafety.org/article.php?did=949&scid=7SUV are also lousy at avoiding crashes
http://www.gladwell.com/pdf/suv.pdfPick up trucks are basically death traps – death rates (deaths per miles traveled) were approximately 50% higher than SUVs, and roughly 3x higher than cars
http://books.google.com/books?id=lZ2ojjLs658C&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=suv+death+rate+compare&source=web&ots=D4dVXGpnlU&sig=YWu8KdOCsQ_HE6BIqSuNvCwTElY&hl=en#PPA64,M1I’d rather avoid the whole accident in the first place with a good handling car, than rely on being hit, and hoping that you come out ok.
ParticipantI’m not quite sure what this letter has to do with the economy, or the housing crisis, but here are a few points of interest.
Political parties were switched back in Lincolns time. The Republicans then changed into the Dems now, and vise versa. Wikipedia has a nice summary of it.This is a letter from one person. I don’t think this viewpoint is shared by many, and many African Americans are actively against it.
I just can’t see the government paying out for this. At what point does it stop? Do we also pay the Native American Indians for their land? What about the 100-300,000 Irish sold into slavery in America. Do we pay their descendants too? Why not also ask for reparations from the Arabs, or Africans who sold many of the slaves to the colonists
The world was a cruel, hard place, even 150 years ago. Everyone now realizes it was a barbaric thing to do, but at some point, people have to move on, or else we’ll be like the Middle-East, with unresolvable disputes going back 2000 years.
ParticipantI’m not quite sure what this letter has to do with the economy, or the housing crisis, but here are a few points of interest.
Political parties were switched back in Lincolns time. The Republicans then changed into the Dems now, and vise versa. Wikipedia has a nice summary of it.This is a letter from one person. I don’t think this viewpoint is shared by many, and many African Americans are actively against it.
I just can’t see the government paying out for this. At what point does it stop? Do we also pay the Native American Indians for their land? What about the 100-300,000 Irish sold into slavery in America. Do we pay their descendants too? Why not also ask for reparations from the Arabs, or Africans who sold many of the slaves to the colonists
The world was a cruel, hard place, even 150 years ago. Everyone now realizes it was a barbaric thing to do, but at some point, people have to move on, or else we’ll be like the Middle-East, with unresolvable disputes going back 2000 years.
ParticipantI’m not quite sure what this letter has to do with the economy, or the housing crisis, but here are a few points of interest.
Political parties were switched back in Lincolns time. The Republicans then changed into the Dems now, and vise versa. Wikipedia has a nice summary of it.This is a letter from one person. I don’t think this viewpoint is shared by many, and many African Americans are actively against it.
I just can’t see the government paying out for this. At what point does it stop? Do we also pay the Native American Indians for their land? What about the 100-300,000 Irish sold into slavery in America. Do we pay their descendants too? Why not also ask for reparations from the Arabs, or Africans who sold many of the slaves to the colonists
The world was a cruel, hard place, even 150 years ago. Everyone now realizes it was a barbaric thing to do, but at some point, people have to move on, or else we’ll be like the Middle-East, with unresolvable disputes going back 2000 years.
ParticipantI’m not quite sure what this letter has to do with the economy, or the housing crisis, but here are a few points of interest.
Political parties were switched back in Lincolns time. The Republicans then changed into the Dems now, and vise versa. Wikipedia has a nice summary of it.This is a letter from one person. I don’t think this viewpoint is shared by many, and many African Americans are actively against it.
I just can’t see the government paying out for this. At what point does it stop? Do we also pay the Native American Indians for their land? What about the 100-300,000 Irish sold into slavery in America. Do we pay their descendants too? Why not also ask for reparations from the Arabs, or Africans who sold many of the slaves to the colonists
The world was a cruel, hard place, even 150 years ago. Everyone now realizes it was a barbaric thing to do, but at some point, people have to move on, or else we’ll be like the Middle-East, with unresolvable disputes going back 2000 years.
ParticipantI’m not quite sure what this letter has to do with the economy, or the housing crisis, but here are a few points of interest.
Political parties were switched back in Lincolns time. The Republicans then changed into the Dems now, and vise versa. Wikipedia has a nice summary of it.This is a letter from one person. I don’t think this viewpoint is shared by many, and many African Americans are actively against it.
I just can’t see the government paying out for this. At what point does it stop? Do we also pay the Native American Indians for their land? What about the 100-300,000 Irish sold into slavery in America. Do we pay their descendants too? Why not also ask for reparations from the Arabs, or Africans who sold many of the slaves to the colonists
The world was a cruel, hard place, even 150 years ago. Everyone now realizes it was a barbaric thing to do, but at some point, people have to move on, or else we’ll be like the Middle-East, with unresolvable disputes going back 2000 years.
ParticipantSince my last question wasn’t answered, or maybe I didn’t ask it the right way, let me rephrase.
Is it possible or likely in a deflationary period for 1) prices in general to drop (cost of groceries, house, cars, etc – I know that some imports may not follow the trend), and 2) and at the same time the dollar becomes less valuable vs other currencies – that it’s relative value goes down.
I’m just trying to understand that the dollar and it’s purchasing power in the USA may not be intimately linked to it’s buying power abroad.
I’m a scientist, and not an economist, and so please forgive me for not always using the correct contextual words for economists.
ParticipantSince my last question wasn’t answered, or maybe I didn’t ask it the right way, let me rephrase.
Is it possible or likely in a deflationary period for 1) prices in general to drop (cost of groceries, house, cars, etc – I know that some imports may not follow the trend), and 2) and at the same time the dollar becomes less valuable vs other currencies – that it’s relative value goes down.
I’m just trying to understand that the dollar and it’s purchasing power in the USA may not be intimately linked to it’s buying power abroad.
I’m a scientist, and not an economist, and so please forgive me for not always using the correct contextual words for economists.
ParticipantSince my last question wasn’t answered, or maybe I didn’t ask it the right way, let me rephrase.
Is it possible or likely in a deflationary period for 1) prices in general to drop (cost of groceries, house, cars, etc – I know that some imports may not follow the trend), and 2) and at the same time the dollar becomes less valuable vs other currencies – that it’s relative value goes down.
I’m just trying to understand that the dollar and it’s purchasing power in the USA may not be intimately linked to it’s buying power abroad.
I’m a scientist, and not an economist, and so please forgive me for not always using the correct contextual words for economists.
ParticipantSince my last question wasn’t answered, or maybe I didn’t ask it the right way, let me rephrase.
Is it possible or likely in a deflationary period for 1) prices in general to drop (cost of groceries, house, cars, etc – I know that some imports may not follow the trend), and 2) and at the same time the dollar becomes less valuable vs other currencies – that it’s relative value goes down.
I’m just trying to understand that the dollar and it’s purchasing power in the USA may not be intimately linked to it’s buying power abroad.
I’m a scientist, and not an economist, and so please forgive me for not always using the correct contextual words for economists.
ParticipantSince my last question wasn’t answered, or maybe I didn’t ask it the right way, let me rephrase.
Is it possible or likely in a deflationary period for 1) prices in general to drop (cost of groceries, house, cars, etc – I know that some imports may not follow the trend), and 2) and at the same time the dollar becomes less valuable vs other currencies – that it’s relative value goes down.
I’m just trying to understand that the dollar and it’s purchasing power in the USA may not be intimately linked to it’s buying power abroad.
I’m a scientist, and not an economist, and so please forgive me for not always using the correct contextual words for economists.
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