I'M maintaining my tow vehicle

[Motoboss]

Originally Posted by floyd

I know this is off thread but...


I just discovered what the arrow on the end of the quote line is for!
LOVE IT!!

What’s it do?

[floyd]

Originally Posted by Motoboss

What’s it do?

Click it!

It takes you back to the original quote! cool!

[tractors1]

Originally Posted by Alex Adams

2 factors there:

2) The average mass of vehicles has increased substantially. Increase mass, you increase the force upon impact and you get more deaths.

F(orce)=M(ass) times V(elocity).

Nope. Newtons 2nd Law is Force = Mass x Acceleration. The relevant formula would be for Kinetic Energy (KE), which makes the impact even worse since it's squared:


KE= Mass x Velocity Squared.


Retired engineer.............

[Perryb67]

Originally Posted by Mr.T

Perhaps the increase in 2020 fatality rate is not from large increases of people regularly driving over 90 mph, but its because hospitals and paramedics were overwhelmed from the pandemic? Or maybe it's just noise in the data? Lots of things to consider...
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Then there's the massive increase in texting while driving since 2007. Despite most states outlawing texting while driving I see drivers texting nearly every time I drive.

Enjoy,

Perry

[Mr.T]

Originally Posted by Perryb67

Then there's the massive increase in texting while driving since 2007. Despite most states outlawing texting while driving I see drivers texting nearly every time I drive.

Enjoy,

Perry

Maybe, but distracted driving has always been a problem. Whether there is more today than years ago, I'm not convinced either way. Maybe there is a relatively constant percentage of (especially inexperienced) drivers that take dumb risks trying to multi-task regardless of the decade. I remember when I was young and thought I could read a road map and drive -- Thankfully I never crashed, but it took longer than it should have to figure out how crazy that was -- No GPS back then.



I know one person that dropped a lit cigarette and crashed, another that crashed while fiddling with CD's for a stereo. Neither fessed up to the cops (or the employer). But cell phones have incriminating memories, and that could have made phones get a lot more attention then driving while smoking, eating, drinking, grooming, and so on.

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[ShelbyM]

From what I read it's all MSRP now, but pre-Covid was it customary to negotiate a discount when you order? I probably should get a new truck but I've always just bought one off the lot.

[Motoboss]

Originally Posted by floyd

Click it!

It takes you back to the original quote! cool!

[oldwave]

Originally Posted by Perryb67

Then there's the massive increase in texting while driving since 2007. Despite most states outlawing texting while driving I see drivers texting nearly every time I drive.

Enjoy,

Perry

One of the reasons I gave up motorcycles this year. Too many gomers on the road.

[floyd]

Originally Posted by oldwave

One of the reasons I gave up motorcycles this year. Too many gomers on the road.

True, and a bunch of 'em are on motorcycles!

[oldwave]

Originally Posted by floyd

True, and a bunch of 'em are on motorcycles!

Absolutely