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Daniel J. Stern wrote:
>On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Matthew Russotto wrote:
>
>> I'm not the one trying to restrict choices here.
>
>Awright, child, how 'bout this deal: SUVs go away, and in exchange
>all the cars legal in Europe are suddenly legal in the US, too.
As I said, I'm not the one trying to restrict choices here. I don't
want to require SUVs to go away.
>>> 0-60 in less than 15 seconds will commute you just about anywhere
>>> without any problems. Even with Seattle or Portland's short on-ramps.
>>> (For instance, from personal experience with an old VW Beetle.)
>>
>> I'm going to have to disagree with that statement. You'll have few
>> problems unless the idiot in front of you stops. Then you will have
>> problems.
>
>0 to 60 times have zero to do with braking distance.
They have a lot to do with merging from a stop, though.
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