Re: Steering Wheel

[Derek Harling <derek.lola@sympatico.ca>]

Brian Evans wrote:
> 
>The story is that a driver in England was fatally injured when impaled >by a 
>splinter from his steering wheel.  

And I always thought the song - "Hearts of oak - are our men" - referred
to sailors.

For other members on the list - remember that some modern "wood"
steering wheels are in fact molded plastic with similuated wood finish.

Derek