In a message dated 3/23/00 1:50:09 PM Pacific Standard Time,
Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM writes:

<< Unless you are backing up at 60 mph when you are rear-ended, the severity
 of the of a rear end collision is much less than a head-on ; ) >>

Have you ever heard of being hit from the rear? = )

I was stopped in traffic on US 101 is San Francisco's infamous "hospital
curve" when an inattentive driver tried to make his Honda Accord fit into the
trunk of my 5 series BMW at a speed in excess of 65 MPH per the CHP and the
driver's own admission.

BenT
SF