Retro Helmet?

Yep, Agree with Doug.

Anyone that sentimentally attached with a car needs to find an alternate
newsgroup for starters. Anyone that has been in an accident that required
the 'bags to go off, was serious enough to damage the car, not to mention
the occupants. Do you really still want the same vehicle?

If you are still worried, buy a Volvo.

Hammo

 

Legally, if it doesnt have the Australian Standards sticker then you may
as

Hey?

 

All that safety nazi shit!

 

Theo I think you are referring to active and passive safety systems.

Active: 4 wheel drive, good breaks, good chasis, strong motor, reliant
handling, good vision, good tyres, regularly maintained, clean exterior
(helps with vision)

Passive: Airbags, crumble zones, procon ten systems (collaspable
steering columns, pedals etc), ABS, electronic stability control
(although this one is sort of active in nature), traction control (ditto)

One prevents accidents from occuring (active) the other lessons the
effect of the accident on the occupants once it occurs.

For that reason alone I subscribe to the european car camp, they handle
and brake better than most aussie cars and in most models the vision
they provide is better too. I value active safety measures over passive.
Quite frankly Id rather not have to test out all these passive systems.

 

'Primary' and 'Secondary' make more sense: an airbag is in no
way 'passive'.

'Preventative' and 'Palliative' would be more accurate.

-----sharks

 

I said _I_ wouldnt try it. Everyone else can do what they like.

Steve

 

'Cos its fun

JL
Who hasn't been doing any riding lately :-(

 

Reliant handling ? No thanks !

JL
I'm sure pisshead's trike handles better than a Robin

 

No, you said me but fairy nough.

 

"Brakes" ferfuggsake! "Brakes"!!


BTH

 

Palliative?

Hammo

 

I was saying crap to your entire post. AS does not mean its not OK.

Hammo

 

On 19/2/04 10:12 PM, in article

Ah, so that¹s why you are discussing cars?

Hammo

Volvo FH12

 

Well, if the occupants are killed, I suppose there is no 'lesson'.

Theo

 

Them's the breaks.

Theo

 

Oh, look it up. In a dictionary, not in one of your new-fangled
Nursey-nursey pain relief books.

Palliative \Pal"li*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. palliatif.]
Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
-- Websters

-----sharks (moooooo!)

 

No, no, good breaks. By the side of the road, trying to find the
word 'chasis' in a dictionary.

-----sharks

 

Yeah, I guess that¹s why Rhonda is in PR and you aint!

The new Palliative systems for when you crash. That'd sell em in droves!

Hammo

Finding all the "cheap" places to buy all his gear oils, chemicals and
"others" since leaving his Industrial wasteland.

PS Kathy says if you wanna do the bog job and replace the rear suspension
for under ten slabs, you have a job!

Hammo

 

She looked OK the last time I saw her!

 

Hey, I'm not trying to sell the damn things, I'm trying to sell
the idea of not falling off in the first place!

No worries, so long as you supply papier-mache and gaffer tape.
(what kind of insurance pays out in slabs? Don't answer that.)

-----sharks