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the more safty equipment they put on our cars. the more safe poeple think they are, and so they tend to become complacent in driving,and forget they are the most inportant safty feature in the car. if everybody drove like they were tied to the front bumper there would be less accedents.
That's exactly why around here 80% or more of the vehicles I pass in the ditch are 4x4's.
QuoteThat's exactly why around here 80% or more of the vehicles I pass in the ditch are 4x4's. Bingo!An extremely high percentage of vehicles that spin out on highways/interstates during inclement weather are 4x4's. They think because they have 4 wheels pushing them along (even though that is normally not the case) that the laws of physics and motion don't apply to them. How strange!? Sorry to rain on their parade (pardon the pun) but they still have rubber tires, they still are driving on wet pavement, the wet pavement still has a barrier of water on the surface--yes, really, no matter your vehicle, and, the fact remains the rubber is not on the pavement, but, on water or ice--- yes, really. Hard to imagine, huh?
QuoteThat's exactly why around here 80% or more of the vehicles I pass in the ditch are 4x4's. four wheel drive will help you get going and maintain traction in inclaiment weather, but it dosn't give you the ablity to drive faster.
The thing about 4x4's is that they have 4 wheels that can possibly drive the vehicle.The problem in snow and ice is stopping, and all cars have 4 wheels for stopping. You dont normally run off the road trying to go, its the stopping (or lack of ability there of) that gets ya.
I imagine that the "Monkey's Uncle" phrase came about during the days of Darwin's "Origin of Man" and the social turmoil that followed. Is this right?