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He Blows Things Up So You Don't Have To
Red Wolf writes "Popular Science reports on what is possibly the world's coolest job. During his 19 years as a laboratory technician for Underwriters Laboratories, Chuck Cramer has set coffeemakers on fire, knocked computers off desks, short-circuited fans, and blown up everything from toasters to curling irons - all in the name of consumer safety."
I'm sorry? "...to the people in the car that you hit." That *I* hit? Fsck that.
How about the quote that says this: "Yeah, they're safe for the people in the SUV, but deadly to the people in the car that hit you." Yeah, well, that's too bad, I guess. Maybe they shouldn't have run that stop sign or red light. Or maybe they should've been paying attention to the road. Or maybe...
It's all subjective isn't it? This is exactly what lobby groups do. They spout off their own side of the story as I've done. I still haven't seen any empirical evidence that states SUV's are less SAFE than a passenger car. I'd take a rollover in and SUV over a Honda Civic anyday.