I had to watch a film made in the 60's about traffic safety while
training for a job once. The film featured a police officer who relayed
several stories of things he encountered in his career. One of these
stories was of a man who was killed after a minor accident. He was
traveling at freeway speeds when traffic came to a sudden stop. He
slammed on his brakes and skid until his car hit the car in front of him
causing the car and driver to come to an almost immediate stop.
Unfortunately for the man, the Kleenex box (with fancy cover)that had
been resting in the rear window continued at freeway speeds until it
made contact with the back of his head.

Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> Jeff Oxroad
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 9:18 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Beat the heat portable AC unit for vanagon $77 bucks
>
> Hey all--
>
> Just a Public Service Announcement: If you're travelling with an A/C
unit,
> or anything else, you might want to think of securing it when you're
on
> the
> move. I'd hate to get bumped in the head by a $77 A/C in a quick  stop
or
> a
> rollover or whatever.
>
> I'm not jinxing anybody. Just passing on info. A few years back I had
to
> make a quick stop in Wyoming and all my gear came from the way back
and
> hit me
> over and over inb the back of the head like in a cartoon. It was all
> relatively
>  soft stuff--duffels, ropes, packs and the like. And that was just
braking
> to
> a  stop. Don't want to think how short the bus stops when it hits
> something.
>
> Keep it cool.
>
> Jeff
> 83.5 Westy
> LA,CA
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 6/30/2005 12:55:11 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> vanagon@ASTOUND.NET writes:
>
> I think  its small enough to ride in the passenger floor area of the
front
> seat,