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From: croy on 12 Mar 2010 21:54 On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:28:02 -0800 (PST), "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly(a)my-deja.com> wrote: > > >Conscience wrote: >> >> If you consider those who voted for the Squatter-in-Chief in D.C., it's >> not difficult to see how something like this might escape the typical >> left-wing, tree-hugging, liberal dipshit who thinks he/she is saving >> the environment by buying a hybrid. Driving skills are obviously >> non-existent among that shallow end of the gene pool, much like >> simultaneously walking and chewing gum. > >So which states have the smartest, most skilled drivers, and which >have the dumbest, worst drivers? > >www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/STSI/USA%20WEB >%20REPORT.HTM > >Traffic death rates per 100 million miles, year 2008: Data from previous post, sorted by second column (ascending): Massachusetts 0.67 Minnesota 0.79 Rhode Island 0.79 New Jersey 0.80 Connecticut 0.83 New York 0.92 D.C. 0.94 Washington 0.94 Michigan 0.96 Illinois 0.98 Vermont 1.00 Virginia 1.00 Hawaii 1.04 California 1.05 Wisconsin 1.05 Maine 1.06 Utah 1.06 Maryland 1.07 New Hampshire 1.07 Nebraska 1.09 Ohio 1.10 Colorado 1.15 Indiana 1.15 Oregon 1.24 Alaska 1.27 Kansas 1.30 South Dakota 1.32 North Dakota 1.33 Iowa 1.34 Delaware 1.35 Pennsylvania 1.36 Georgia 1.37 New Mexico 1.39 Missouri 1.41 North Carolina 1.41 Texas 1.44 Tennessee 1.49 Florida 1.50 Arizona 1.52 Idaho 1.52 Oklahoma 1.54 Nevada 1.56 Alabama 1.63 Wyoming 1.68 Kentucky 1.74 Mississippi 1.79 Arkansas 1.81 West Virginia 1.83 South Carolina 1.85 Louisiana 2.02 Montana 2.12 -- croy
From: Ron Peterson on 13 Mar 2010 10:55 On Mar 13, 9:47 am, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > Funny how he was able to stop the car once a police car got in front of > him. Michael Fumento at forbes.com claims the incident was a hoax. -- Ron
From: TheTibetanMonkey showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle on 14 Mar 2010 22:37
On Mar 13, 8:47 am, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:09:54 -0800, Picasso wrote: > > On Mar 9, 3:13 pm, "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote: > >> The video is all over the news, not good for Toyota. There is > >> nothing like a visual aid that counters a point one is trying to make. > >> Wanna bet it will end up on "Cops" or "Worlds Worst?" > > >> TheTibetanMonkey" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > > >>news:63afaded-a68d-4313-9f8e-034da9e19ad8(a)g19g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... > >> Another of these little MOWING MACHINES runs out of control. My take on > >> the issue is that Toyota sends the engineers with the highest IQ to work > >> at Lexus, while those with very low IQ are assigned to Toyota. I know > >> because I once owned a little Toyota Tercel. UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED, you > >> know... > > >> EL CAJON, Calif. - A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a > >> runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the > >> car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway, the CHP > >> said. > > >> Prius driver James Sikes called 911 about 1:30 p.m. after accelerating > >> to pass another vehicle on Interstate 8 near La Posta and finding that > >> he could not control his car, the CHP said. > > >> "I pushed the gas pedal to pass a car and it did something kind of > >> funny... it jumped and it just stuck there," the 61-year-old driver said > >> at a news conference. "As it was going, I was trying the brakes...it > >> wasn't stopping, it wasn't doing anything and it just kept speeding up," > >> Sikes said, adding he could smell the brakes burning he was pressing the > >> pedal so hard. > > >>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_runaway_prius > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS > > >> "The monkey should be treated with the same respect as the lion" > > >>http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION > > > "Why didn't the driver simply throw the transmission into neutral as > > officers urged him to do?" > > > Maybe he doesn't like authority? Rather prove a 94MPH point? good thing > > it wasn't a corolla... this chase would have topped 110mph > > Or a Lexus...140. > > Funny how he was able to stop the car once a police car got in front of > him.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I just go to sleep in the Lexus I often drive. Yes, it's that boring. |