Big vs. small cars; safety and economy

[pmolink]

This article is written by a journalist who has been a police officer for 17 years. He writes articles about motoring safety.

This excerpt will give you a taste:

I don’t know about you, but if I’m helping my kid decide on his or her first car, I’m not opting for one of those so-called, “Smart Cars,” over, let’s say, an Escalade or H2. Okay, perhaps that’s overkill, but you get my point.

Every time I see some poor driver scrunched into one of those “cars,” which amounts basically to a seat precariously attached to four wheels and an engine wrapped by a flimsy shell, I imagine a Road Warrior-type scene, the highway littered with tiny cars flattened like Coke cans, but larger vehicles blissfully unaware that any collision has occurred.

Seattle Commuter Examiner: Big vs. small cars; safety and economy

A few Smart Car owners have commented on his article on the Seattle Commuter Examiner website. I thought that y'all might like to have some fun with this guy.

[Kermit]

WoW!! He sounds like he seen DOZENS of wrecked Smart cars wrecked. Some people are stupid and don't have clue to include not doing their research. This guy is one of them. Nothing more - nothing less.

[windscythe]

"But, as small as those cars are, they aren’t nearly as nimble as a motorcycle, and besides—I’m sure my Harley could take one of those Smart Cars any day of the week. In fact, in a collision with a bicycle, it’s even money which vehicle would go down first."

Uhh....

[fpage77]

Dude is a total tool.

[Padawan]

Originally Posted by pmolink

This article is written by an ignorant, astonishingly inept pseudo-journalist who has been a police officer for 17 years. He writes factually lacking garbage about motoring safety.

Fixed that for you.

[BobDiaz]

He has NO facts and lots of uninformed opinion. It was fun blasting him.....


Bob Diaz

[jwight]

Looks like they misspelled his name; should be "Steve Pompous."

BTW, he may have had 17 years experience as a police officer, or possibly one year 17 times over.

[The Rigger]

Must've been one of those lame-brain cops you see inadvertently tasing themselves on YouTube...

[fpage77]

Originally Posted by The Rigger

Must've been one of those lame-brain cops you see inadvertently tasing themselves on YouTube...

What was it this guy?

YouTube - Cop Shoots himself in the leg

YouTube - Cop Shoots himself in the leg

[Godfather]

I'm a retired cop. I LOVED my P71 Crown Vic. That said, I don't have a trunkful of cop tools and weapons, or economy size bad guys, to haul around now. The whole "safer" argument is relative. If we spent half the time and money teaching people to actually DRIVE that we spend on safer cars, we wouldn't need safer cars.