Responsible trucking companies are NEVER willing to sacrifice safety for
higher profits.

Claudio Cella
87  Vanagon 7 pass.
90   Jetta  TD

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@GULL.US>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: Ideal Vanagon

> On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Pensioner wrote:
>
> > Merling Sauce won GP races without ABS.  ABS is for folks who want the
state
> > to raise their kids. Upgrade the brakes and learn how best to use em.
NB:
> > commercial trucks don't have abs.
>
> Most don't have ABS because the trucking companies have managed to fight
> off the requirement.  Trucking companies are always willing to sacrifice
> safety for higher profits, as is shown by the large number of trucks that
> fail the inspections they haven't managed to get eliminated yet.  There
> are *some* semis with ABS, however.
>
> David Brodbeck, N8SRE
> '82 Diesel Westfalia
> '94 Honda Civic Si
>