Comments on: The Things In Between http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/08/17/the-things-in-between/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 May 2012 16:02:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: spiderleggreen http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/08/17/the-things-in-between/#comment-16422 spiderleggreen Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:21:55 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1617#comment-16422 Here's what air bags are good for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr8KrF8vNPM Here’s what air bags are good for:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr8KrF8vNPM

]]> By: Pete http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/08/17/the-things-in-between/#comment-16416 Pete Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:01:09 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1617#comment-16416 Without my glasses I'd be lucky to find the steering wheel, OK a slight exaggeration but I wouldn't be fit to drive. I can no longer wear contact lenses either so that option is not open to me. This has go me wondering now just how much damage an airbag hitting my face + glasses could actually do. Without my glasses I’d be lucky to find the steering wheel, OK a slight exaggeration but I wouldn’t be fit to drive.

I can no longer wear contact lenses either so that option is not open to me.

This has go me wondering now just how much damage an airbag hitting my face + glasses could actually do.

]]> By: Theophylact http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/08/17/the-things-in-between/#comment-16397 Theophylact Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:23:51 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1617#comment-16397 I would have to call the journal article's author myopic. I would have to call the journal article’s author myopic.

]]> By: Colorado Kid http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/08/17/the-things-in-between/#comment-16394 Colorado Kid Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:04:21 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1617#comment-16394 When the airbags in Dad's '95 Fleetwood deployed they removed the spectacles neatly from his face, depositing them on the shelf below the rear window. They probably saved his eyes from abrasion by the bag, as the balance of his face seemed to have been lightly sanded by the bag. I'll continue to wear my sunglasses in the daytime and my bifocals at night when I drive. When the airbags in Dad’s ‘95 Fleetwood deployed they removed the spectacles neatly from his face, depositing them on the shelf below the rear window. They probably saved his eyes from abrasion by the bag, as the balance of his face seemed to have been lightly sanded by the bag. I’ll continue to wear my sunglasses in the daytime and my bifocals at night when I drive.

]]> By: spiderleggreen http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/08/17/the-things-in-between/#comment-16392 spiderleggreen Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:41:36 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1617#comment-16392 The cure is worse than the disease. The cure is worse than the disease.

]]> By: Josh R http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/08/17/the-things-in-between/#comment-16391 Josh R Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:32:19 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1617#comment-16391 Ouch, that's got to suck. The article's admonishments remind me of a story told by a friend about a crash he was sort of involved in. He was being followed somewhat closely by a guy in a BMW who was reading the paper with one hand, and steering with the two fingers of his other hand that were not holding his coffee cup. (always a good plan.) Something happened up the traffic stream that cause my friend to have to brake pretty quickly, and he glanced in his rearview just in time to see the guy in the BMW panic and somehow splash his coffee all over the windshield as he tried to drop it and the paper. The coffee blocked his view for a few seconds, apparently causing more panic, which cause him to drive off the road into the ditch. A minor "Oh shit" moment transformed into a crash because the driver was trying to do everything with his hands but drive. Ouch, that’s got to suck.

The article’s admonishments remind me of a story told by a friend about a crash he was sort of involved in. He was being followed somewhat closely by a guy in a BMW who was reading the paper with one hand, and steering with the two fingers of his other hand that were not holding his coffee cup. (always a good plan.) Something happened up the traffic stream that cause my friend to have to brake pretty quickly, and he glanced in his rearview just in time to see the guy in the BMW panic and somehow splash his coffee all over the windshield as he tried to drop it and the paper. The coffee blocked his view for a few seconds, apparently causing more panic, which cause him to drive off the road into the ditch.

A minor “Oh shit” moment transformed into a crash because the driver was trying to do everything with his hands but drive.

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