Originally Posted By: c502cid
Nope I mean this.....
According to the now debunked 1993 report which aired on Dateline, this placement made the trucks capable of exploding when involved in a side impact accident. The faked video was staged by expert witness against GM. Bruce Enz of The Institute for Safety Analysis used incendiary devices and a poorly fitting gas cap to create the impression of a dangerous vehicle. Fatality figures vary wildly. A study by Failure Analysis Associates found 155 fatalities in these GM trucks between 1973 and 1989 involving both side impact and fire. The Center for Auto Safety, Ralph Nader's lobbying group, claims "over 1,800 fatalities" between 1973 & 2000 involving both side impact and fire. Other commentators noted that regardless of the any increased risk of fire, the GM trucks had statistically indistinguishable safety records in side-impact crashes from their Ford and Dodge equivalents, and were safer in all crashes than passenger cars in general.
RALPH NADER !!!! Bwaah HaHaHa
Any statistic that has his name associated with it should be immediately dismissed as pure organic animal fertilizer.
And indeed the opposite of whatever he claims should be immediately suspected as likely truth.
My dad used to say "never stand in the way of a determined idiot"
Accidents cause fires, gas tanks do too when equipped with incendiaries.
Funny I never saw the gas tank incendiary option on my order sheet.
I guess I'll just have to settle for the Kamikaze option.
Oh the Kamikaze option is now standard.....Cool !!!!