John S.
Except I don't think they exactly said that. Most headon crashes the police see are attenuated by *some* braking or skidding. This one apparenty wasn't, so the impact was more severe than most. I think *that's* what they're saying.
Well, as Gary Lewis and the Playboys once said, "Count me in" with that 'minority'. IME, most police officers are largely uneducated in the nuances of speed analysis - especially when a 'Vette or other plastic-bodied car is involved. This one has to be dealt with in terms of crash damage *only* since there were no tire marks (which can be very good indicators of speed). Even those who *are* trained crash analysis experts have some faulty analyses in their portfolios (BTW, what ever happened to the one who used to post here?). I'm sticking with my contention that this car wasn't going at any "high rate of speed". It hit that column at very close to the legal speed limit on that road. I'm also sticking with a sudden medical emergency as the cause. A 63-year-old guy cruising down the highway in his Corvette with the top down isn't exactly the clbuttic picture of a dissolution risk. -- C.R. Krieger (Still intolerant of stupidity)
