"Who's got a calculator?"
Who's got a club? I'm gonna beat you like a baby seal...
WST
Flounder
Gary Speckman wrote:
> Lets do a little math here.
>
> WST maintains that he was going 3 mph at the time of impact, right?
> Can someone tell me how long it takes a vehicle traveling 3 mph to travel
> appoximately 18 feet? (The estimated "length" of damage to the side of the
> Barge)
>
> It seems to me that at that speed, it would take several seconds to go 18
> feet. Was WST sitting there, thinking, "Hmmm....the Barge's side is being
> removed from the rest of the vehicle, look! even the floor is missing!" and
> just keep on driving? Several seconds is a long reaction time, and I know
> that a Hot-Shot-Race-Car-Driver like WST prides himself on fast reaction
>times.
>
> Sorry, but I have this image of WST driving along, scraping the guts out of
> the Barge..doing the "Dum De Dum Dum" thing in his head. I dont think so.
>
> Now, all this would make more sense if WST would just admit he was flying
> through the gas station, sideswiped this post at about 65 mph and didnt have
> time to react to save the side of the Barge.
>
> Maybe he is only covered by his Insurance at speeds under 5 mph, I dont
> know, but Bill doesnt do ANYTHING at 3 mph, sorry.
>
> Who's got a calculator?
>
> Gar
>
> At 04:54 PM 1/23/98 -0600, Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
> >To all,
> >
> >The Team Thicko Land Barge black box data finally came in...
> >
> >
> >$5165.86
> >
> >
> >OUCH!
> >
> >
> >WST
> >Flounder
> >
> >
> >
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