Originally Posted by
DX-MAN
Better idea....
Make the driver's test tougher than the SATs. TAKE UP that two weeks with something constructive!
If a car weighing 2000 pounds going 50 mph slams into a cyclist weighing 200 pounds going 15 mph, how much momentum is transferred from the car to the cyclist if both vehicles are going the same direction?
If you are parallel parked and about to get out of your car, and you see a cyclist 100 feet away coming towards you at 15 mph, do you have time to open your door and close it and get out of the way before the cyclist approaches you? If the cyclist weighs 200 pounds and crashes into your open car door at 15 mph, how many Newtons of force will the cyclist experience?
Why is it believed that driving is a right and gun ownership is a privilege? It's the other way around. The 2nd amendment gives us a right to own a gun, but nowhere in the Constitution does it give us the right to own a car.