Re: BC Transit and the (almost) new buses

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From: Jason Harrison
Date: Mon, 06 May 1996 00:00

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szagar@unixg.ubc.ca (Suzan Zagar) writes:
>These buses are STILL below the normal height of a car. That should be 
>some concern in an accident. Unfortunately we tend to wait until a 
>serious accident has occured and somebody has been killed or injured 
>before realizing a basic mistake which testing does not always pick up. 

My goodness, look at all of the people worried about an impact in a
vehicle WITHOUT seat belts or other restraint systems.  Of course in a
side impact you'd be toast anyway.

Suddenly the allowable "safety margin" has been crossed and now we're
afraid.  Do you really think the older busses are safer?  Why?
Because the car would come under you?  What about a truck?  What about
a van?

-Jason
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From: harrison@cs.ubc.ca (Jason Harrison)
Subject: Re: BC Transit and the (almost) new buses
Date: 1996/05/06
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