

| Subject: | Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadliest car list. Any truth? |
| From: | Max Wellhouse |
| Date: | Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:03:18 -0600 |
I sorta thought Askmen.com was more of a T&A website (testosterone and a$$holes) , further justifying Robin Wiliams' observation that God gave man a peni$ and a brain, but only enough blood to operate one at a time. At least our beloved Vanagons(RVC) didn't make the list. Guess it'shard to have an accident when the darned thing won't run. DM&FS At 10:17 AM 2/15/2009, Michael Snow wrote: >On Feb 15, 2009, at 7:34 AM, Poppie Jagersand wrote: > >>Both the VW bus and beetle are nr 10 and 4 respectively on the >>deadliest car list, prominently flashed on Yahoo's Canadian home page >>this morning. (maybe time to switch email provider?) >> >>http://ca.autos.yahoo.com/p/1145/deadliest-car-designs >> >>Is there any objective truth to this? I once saw an article that >>despite the obvious challenges in making a forward cab vehicle safe >>in head on collisions, the T3 bus/vanagon is in fact one of the least >>accident prone vehicles in the insurance statistics. Obviously >>accidents are caused by vehicle plus driver. (The no 6, Corvette, >>on the list might have been safer if marketed as an "Oldsmobile" to >>that segment of GM customers.) >> >>My guess is that the list is a product of a clueless journalist >>who did little real research. If someone can find true statistics >>on vehicle models and deaths and then enough of us email Yahoo, >>with these facts maybe they would feel compelled to up their quality >>of journalism? >> >>Martin > >The original article is from askmen.com, and received boatloads of >negative comments questioning research methods and data. Must have >been a slow news day. > >http://www.askmen.com/top_10/cars/top-10-deadliest-car-designs.html
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