You guys are worried about SUV's.  Hah Hah.
My friend drove a semi for a living.  His company, like most of them, worked
him till he nearly collapsed from exhaustion.  He drove 600 miles or more
every day.  These are the vehicles to watch for.  No second chances here.
Our stout vanagons would look far worse than the volvo in a head-on with one
of these sleepy drivers in a fifty ton rig.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert A. Alexander <satcong@VOL.COM>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, November 19, 1998 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagon vs Volvo Crash Photos

>Kent - Some of the more radical "do-gooders", if you have watched the
>national news, lately, are upset that SUV's, being heavier than than the
>FWD tin-boxes, are becoming the "killers-on-the-highway", SO the
>"do-gooders" are advocating that that we all should have an, uh, "equal"
>chance to be killed in an automobile accident via requiring us to accept
>tin-can vehicles to drive around!!!
>
>After taking a look at the URL showing the result of a Vanagon & a Volvo
>head-on collision, I'm convinced that me five GORGEOUS daughters will be
>better off driving either Vanagons, MACK dump trucks OR backup vehicles
>such as my old '76 GMC long-bed pickup truck!!!  Personally, I would
>prefer to buy all five of me babes '38 Dodge dump-trucks to drive
>around, BUT they think they need BMW or SAAB convertibles!!!  I'm busy
>trying to convince them that '38 Dodge dump trucks will allow them to
>haul around MORE of their friends, in greater safety!
>
>I'm curious, though!  How many of you folks out there really agree with
>the traffic NUTS that SUV's present a "PROBLEM" because they "outweigh"
>smaller vehicles and give an "unfair" survival advantage to those in the
>SUV???  I think these ASSHOLES need to move to UGANDA!
>
>BOB - WA4RRN
>'85GL
>http://www.impeachment.org