"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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"Maxwell" wrote in message
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"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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Wait 'til Scary Mary gets on TV with this:

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10403256.htm


That's priceless!!!

"The higher fatality rate for general aviation crashes may be because
such aircraft are not as able to withstand impact forces and protect
occupants from death and severe injury as commercial aircraft are," the
researchers wrote.

Either Ralph Nader has a daughter, or MX has a sister.

I noticed the same thing. I hope nobody got paid to make that
not-so-astute observation...

On second thought, IIRC, the case that drove Cessna to stop production of
piston singles in the 80's was after a judgement against them for several
$$$millions to the familiy of a man who flew a 172 (?) into a shear rock
wall. Their argument was that better seatbelts would have saved his life.

So, maybe the funding was from the Trial Lawyers Assn? Now that they only
have 18 years (imagine that in automobiles) they need something else to ream
the populace.

http://www.pacificresearch.org/pub/s...ice/index.html

The Cost of Lawsuits: According to the Pacific Research Institutes new
study, Jackpot Justice, the annual social cost of the U.S. tort system is
$737.4 billion, which is equivalent to an eight-percent tax on consumption,
a 13-percent tax on wages. The annual price tag, or tort tax, for a family
of four in terms of costs and foregone benefits is $9,827. [Source:
insideronline.org]