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Re: Seatbelts & Bumpers

To: Laura Gharazeddine <Laura.G@141.com>
Subject: Re: Seatbelts & Bumpers
From: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 21:06:02 -0400
Pickup trucks are perfectly drivable by  the average person.  If you have found
them difficult to control, it is a reflection on your own personal driving 
skill,
not the vehicle.

Nothing is a squirrely in hard braking as a swing axle rear end.

Laura Gharazeddine wrote:

> But, driving a regular, average sedan *is* different from driving
> a big truck or SUV-a vehicle which is so much bigger, and heavier
> and with a different center of gravity. 'Drivers' are barely
> trained to drive a *car*, let alone a truck. Most people
> (emphasis-most) just don't realize how much more power that big
> Siverado or whatever your choice is, has as compared to that
> Saturn-and are woefully over their heads. Having driven a couple
> of different trucks (one BIG and the other not so much so) this
> summer, the driving skills are different. Being up high and able
> to see (and intimidate smaller vehicles) doesn't equal
> understanding of the machine and ability to control it in all
> situations.

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