Corvettes have no place on our roads!
07-12-2011, 06:48 PM
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Corvettes have no place on our roads!
Found this piece of work today, let them know what you think!
http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/20...-on-our-roads/
I just returned from a long road trip to Georgia, during which I put about 1,200 miles on my lumbering Toyota Tundra.
During those roughly 22 hours of driving I saw a number of Chevy Corvettes, and each time I just cringed.
How can our public leaders allow those cars on the road?
Consider this: The base Corvette can jet from 0-60 in roughly 4.2 seconds and has a top speed of something north of 150 miles per hour. And higher-performance versions are available. All you need is the money to buy one of those things and you can be on the road, terrorizing the general public.
For example, in mid-June, according to an article in the Pasadena Citizen in Texas, a driver of a Corvette lost control of his car, and crashed into a building. His passenger was killed.
How many people do Corvettes kill each year? It’s hard to say, but there are thousands of those cars out there so you know it must be a bunch.
And yet these cars, which are admittedly gorgeous, are legal!
And Corvettes aren’t the only culprits. Every Ferrari is really fast, and therefore extremely dangerous. Many BMWs are fast, and the M versions are just ridiculous. The Mustang GT is another one. And there are all those HEMI-powered cars and trucks out there. It really makes my head spin........
http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/20...-on-our-roads/
I just returned from a long road trip to Georgia, during which I put about 1,200 miles on my lumbering Toyota Tundra.
During those roughly 22 hours of driving I saw a number of Chevy Corvettes, and each time I just cringed.
How can our public leaders allow those cars on the road?
Consider this: The base Corvette can jet from 0-60 in roughly 4.2 seconds and has a top speed of something north of 150 miles per hour. And higher-performance versions are available. All you need is the money to buy one of those things and you can be on the road, terrorizing the general public.
For example, in mid-June, according to an article in the Pasadena Citizen in Texas, a driver of a Corvette lost control of his car, and crashed into a building. His passenger was killed.
How many people do Corvettes kill each year? It’s hard to say, but there are thousands of those cars out there so you know it must be a bunch.
And yet these cars, which are admittedly gorgeous, are legal!
And Corvettes aren’t the only culprits. Every Ferrari is really fast, and therefore extremely dangerous. Many BMWs are fast, and the M versions are just ridiculous. The Mustang GT is another one. And there are all those HEMI-powered cars and trucks out there. It really makes my head spin........
07-12-2011, 07:52 PM
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what do you expect. He drives a Toyota. Wouldnt bother responding. you'd be wasting your time.
07-12-2011, 08:02 PM
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http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/20...-on-our-roads/
I think you missed the sarcasm. He was trying to prove a point about "evil air rifles" in the rest of the blog. Read the comments.
I think you missed the sarcasm. He was trying to prove a point about "evil air rifles" in the rest of the blog. Read the comments.
I really can’t believe I was able to drive 1,200 miles over the past four days and not get killed. Even more amazing, in the few instances that I saw the aftermath of accidents (fender benders, fortunately), the vehicles involved were not high-performance sports cars. Usually they were lumbering trucks like mine. Clearly that was an anomaly.
07-12-2011, 08:59 PM
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Corvettes have no place on our roads!
have you ever seen the roads in Illiniois?
07-13-2011, 02:23 PM
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I'd say the guy is an idiot. 
But he is entitled to his opinion.
But he is entitled to his opinion.
07-16-2011, 12:51 AM
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I'd say the guy is awesome. The folks over at CorvetteOnline.com agree with the author, too...
"Taylor takes issue with Casey’s piece, explaining that citing a very limited production rifle as cause to ban air guns is like Taylor saying that all performance cars (like the Corvette) should be banned because a few people get into high speed accidents with them. See what he did there? He made a point, using ‘Vettes as an example. We suggest you read both pieces in their entirety before forming an opinion, but we’re going to take Taylor’s side on this one."
"Taylor takes issue with Casey’s piece, explaining that citing a very limited production rifle as cause to ban air guns is like Taylor saying that all performance cars (like the Corvette) should be banned because a few people get into high speed accidents with them. See what he did there? He made a point, using ‘Vettes as an example. We suggest you read both pieces in their entirety before forming an opinion, but we’re going to take Taylor’s side on this one."
