The dangers of DRLs 4626

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:05:06 -0400, James C. Reeves

Anomaly means in this case, that the sales numbers are low, then they suddenly soar andafterwardstheydropbacktoprecampaignlevels. As yuo have no idea whether they will, this is not an anomaly until you can prove that they will drop back to pre campaign levels (which you can't).

On the contrary, right now we just have a shift in sales numbers. It will become an anomaly if the numbers drop back down afterwards.

And that from the undisputed master of the free invention. Hilarious.

What? A dozen negative comments? TWO dozen? Oh the horror, the horror, GM is going broke because two dozen people wont buy their cars.

I have quite a good idea of what makes people buy cars or not buy cars, having been a car guy for many years. You on the other hand are about as much car guy as any daddy with a ratty minivan is, namely not at all. I talk to people about cars, I ask them why they bought the cars they have and if they express displeasure about a model I ask them why they dislike it. And explain to me why none of the several hundred people I have asked so far even mentioned DRLs. If even your one percent would be true, at least one or two out of the sample should have said something.

Since when do you know people, who study many of these things? You don't even study cars and car buyers hard enough to know that your ratty Chryslers are not the pinnacle of automotive engineering.

Funny, I never had one mention that either. I know of a handful who had tires changed on a new car, but none who wouldn't buy a car because of the tires on it. By the way, DRLs may be neutral in regards to safety though the fact point to a positive impact. Having bad tires on a car though has a very pronounced negative effect on safety. It's about like comparing a car with a slightly hard seat cushion to a car with a foot long spike sticking out of the steering wheel and no seat belts.

rest of the nonsense snipped.

Being visible doesn't need clean windows at all. Cars with dirty windows are just as visible as cars with clean windows. And if you don't have anything useful to contribute, don't.

Unlike you I have quite some experience with visibility. Flying enhances your understanding of the subject greatly because you cannot rely on an object just coming along a street towards you. The object could be slightly above you, below you, coming from left or right at any time. It may be a bit above the horizon and you would have to be able to see it against the sky. It might be below the horizon and very hard to see against a greyish-green speckled background. That's why most aircraft have had the equivalent to DRLs (a beacon or a strobe) for many years. No one is talking about conspicuity there, just about visibility.

And there is a condition between visibility and invisibility, which is that the object blends into the background so you can see it if you know it is there and where exactly it is. That is often the case with aircraft, which for any reason do not have a strobe or beacon. And the strobe or beacon often elevates the other aircraft from 'hidden' (for lack of a better word) to 'visible'.

Oh yes, it can.

I don't have to read to know that you are trying to bullpoo me again. The question is just - are you really as clueless as you portray yourself or are you just playing?

They can make suggestions but they cannot make laws. If you claim otherwise you are wrong.

It isn't, that's why there are no rallies. The movement isn't even big enough for a single rally.

Nutcases usually know quite well where to go to make an impression on weak minds... Chris