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From: badgolferman on 8 Dec 2009 09:27
"Woods' wife, Elin, has told police that she used a golf club to smash
the back windows of the Cadillac Escalade to help her husband out."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091208/ap_on_sp_go_ne/glf_tiger_woods

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Putting aside all the titillating conversations and innuendos about
Tiger Woods and his personal life I would like to broach a different
subject related to him.

Taking the news report at face value, in the above statement Woods'
wife reportedly used a golf club to break the window so she could gain
access to her unconscious husband following his wreck. Obviously this
GM vehicle has the automatic locks that engage when the transmission is
taken out of Park and locks all the doors. I have always hated this
"safety feature" and frankly find it to be more unsafe than safe. This
incident is a perfect example of what can happen if someone has a wreck
and is incapacitated to the point where they cannot get out on their
own accord. Any bystanders who try to help cannot open the door and
must find an object to smash safety glass to gain access. That wastes
valuable time and is not that easy to do anyway.

Just as most other good intentions imposed upon the general public this
is one with unintended consequences that I think she be re-examined.

--
"Unfortunately I can not totally agree with comrade Stalin." ~ Famous
Last Words
From: Jeff Strickland on 8 Dec 2009 11:31

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:xn0ginhpp58b36s000(a)reader.albasani.net...
> "Woods' wife, Elin, has told police that she used a golf club to smash
> the back windows of the Cadillac Escalade to help her husband out."
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091208/ap_on_sp_go_ne/glf_tiger_woods
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
>
> Putting aside all the titillating conversations and innuendos about
> Tiger Woods and his personal life I would like to broach a different
> subject related to him.
>
> Taking the news report at face value, in the above statement Woods'
> wife reportedly used a golf club to break the window so she could gain
> access to her unconscious husband following his wreck. Obviously this
> GM vehicle has the automatic locks that engage when the transmission is
> taken out of Park and locks all the doors. I have always hated this
> "safety feature" and frankly find it to be more unsafe than safe. This
> incident is a perfect example of what can happen if someone has a wreck
> and is incapacitated to the point where they cannot get out on their
> own accord. Any bystanders who try to help cannot open the door and
> must find an object to smash safety glass to gain access. That wastes
> valuable time and is not that easy to do anyway.
>
> Just as most other good intentions imposed upon the general public this
> is one with unintended consequences that I think she be re-examined.
>

Any door that locks automatically can unlock the same way. My car -- a 1994
model -- unlocks the doors, turns off the radio and turns on the flashers
all by itself. Surely a new Cadillac can do the same, at a bare minimum.









From: Jeff Strickland on 8 Dec 2009 11:33

"Scott in Florida" <MoveOn(a)outa.here> wrote in message
news:q6rsh59u1j310vgq592m29a0if0e7e2qtp(a)4ax.com...
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 14:27:29 +0000 (UTC), "badgolferman"
> <REMOVETHISbadgolferman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Just as most other good intentions imposed upon the general public this
>>is one with unintended consequences that I think she be re-examined.
>
> Fraudian slip?
>
> LOL
>


No, she should be re-examined. I'm all but certain the windows were broken
long before the the hydrant was knocked from its mooring or the tree
toppled.




From: Jeff Strickland on 8 Dec 2009 12:04

"Scott in Florida" <MoveOn(a)outa.here> wrote in message
news:530th5d58mkkoijql5bvhjulgkkfpmk5ha(a)4ax.com...
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 08:31:32 -0800, "Jeff Strickland"
> <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:xn0ginhpp58b36s000(a)reader.albasani.net...
>>> "Woods' wife, Elin, has told police that she used a golf club to smash
>>> the back windows of the Cadillac Escalade to help her husband out."
>>>
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091208/ap_on_sp_go_ne/glf_tiger_woods
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> Putting aside all the titillating conversations and innuendos about
>>> Tiger Woods and his personal life I would like to broach a different
>>> subject related to him.
>>>
>>> Taking the news report at face value, in the above statement Woods'
>>> wife reportedly used a golf club to break the window so she could gain
>>> access to her unconscious husband following his wreck. Obviously this
>>> GM vehicle has the automatic locks that engage when the transmission is
>>> taken out of Park and locks all the doors. I have always hated this
>>> "safety feature" and frankly find it to be more unsafe than safe. This
>>> incident is a perfect example of what can happen if someone has a wreck
>>> and is incapacitated to the point where they cannot get out on their
>>> own accord. Any bystanders who try to help cannot open the door and
>>> must find an object to smash safety glass to gain access. That wastes
>>> valuable time and is not that easy to do anyway.
>>>
>>> Just as most other good intentions imposed upon the general public this
>>> is one with unintended consequences that I think she be re-examined.
>>>
>>
>>Any door that locks automatically can unlock the same way. My car -- a
>>1994
>>model -- unlocks the doors, turns off the radio and turns on the flashers
>>all by itself. Surely a new Cadillac can do the same, at a bare minimum.
>>
>>
>
> What if you are passed out behind the wheel?
>

The car doesn't much care what the condition of the driver is, all it knows
is that it hit something and whomever is inside might want to get out, or
whomever is outside might want to get in to get whomever is inside out.
Either way, the car can unlock the doors, turn off the radio, and turn on
the flashers, all by itself. My car can do this, and it was built in 1994.
Surely a 200? Escalade can do it too.

Elin broke the windows before Tiger mowed over the fire hydrant.

The girlfriend count is up to ten so far. Tiger's future with his wife is
looking very dim.








From: Jeff Strickland on 8 Dec 2009 12:17

"Scott in Florida" <MoveOn(a)outa.here> wrote in message
news:mu1th5hgohstjmll0jvls3reiqgktk53gc(a)4ax.com...
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:04:27 -0800, "Jeff Strickland"
> <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>> What if you are passed out behind the wheel?
>>>
>>
>>The car doesn't much care what the condition of the driver is, all it
>>knows
>>is that it hit something and whomever is inside might want to get out, or
>>whomever is outside might want to get in to get whomever is inside out.
>>Either way, the car can unlock the doors, turn off the radio, and turn on
>>the flashers, all by itself. My car can do this, and it was built in 1994.
>>Surely a 200? Escalade can do it too.
>
> So when you stop your car it unlocks the doors?
>
> If you hit a tree the car will unlock the doors?
>

Hit a tree. Hit anything.

My car was in a wreck (an old lady in a double-knit leisure suit and blue
hair turned into my lane) and the doors unlocked, the radio turned off, and
the flashers turned on. All automatically.

I have to unlock the doors myself when I park.






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