One time I was driving down the freeway (in my Pinto) at rush hour not
really paying attention. I looked ahead and realized everyone was stopped.
I hit the brakes HARD then as an afterthought, looked in my mirror. The guy
behind me was not paying attention either and hadn't started braking yet. As
I came up to the guy in front of me, I started to panic about the guy behind
me and pulled into the center dirt area. Sure enough, the guy behind me
skidded right into the car that was in FRONT of me and shoved him into the
car ahead of him! I have often wondered if I would have been another Pinto
statistic had I not gotten out of the way...



"Michael Lawson" wrote in message
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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Jim Hackett wrote:

Was that in case the first one blew up? LOL


No, it just doubled your chance of an explosion.

Heh. My grandmother used to drive a Pinto
wagon. I remember feeling very uncomfortable
in that car once the gas tank explosion reports
started to surface.

--Mike L.