NFL London?

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Already there. Winter showed up here this week. Ice storm predicted for this afternoon.

Aren't you in FL?

[MJZiggy]

Nope. Used to be. Further north now.

[packers11]

That is really going to be tough on the teams playing there... It would be good for the NFL to be a little more world wide but you also got to think for the players, coaching stand point also... It might not be the best game anyone plays with the lack of rest / preparation...

[MadtownPacker]

I dont think it will bother them too much more then a trip West or East. They have to be use to flying so a lil extra trip wont hurt. Plus both teams have to feel it so it aint unfair.

Great idea and the NFL is making sure they are gonna get MMDK's and Tarlam's and Kiwon's and Woody's and your $$$$!

[MJZiggy]

She claims it's safer for her and the kid. If it weren't for the kid, I'd be driving the son of a bitch.

If her car is from Sweden, I'm thinking you should do a little safety research. I can't see any way a truck is safer than a Volvo unless it's a Hummer or something...

[Zool]

4x4 + snow = lots of fun

[BooHoo]

Yes, already used it to pull my oldest daughter out of the ditch. More lake effect snow tonight.

[packinpatland]

She claims it's safer for her and the kid. If it weren't for the kid, I'd be driving the son of a bitch.

If her car is from Sweden, I'm thinking you should do a little safety research. I can't see any way a truck is safer than a Volvo unless it's a Hummer or something...

Over the past 25 years I've had three daughters and 5 Volvos, one lasting 17 years...............they are tanks! I slept well knowing what they were driving.

[Guiness]

She claims it's safer for her and the kid. If it weren't for the kid, I'd be driving the son of a bitch.

If her car is from Sweden, I'm thinking you should do a little safety research. I can't see any way a truck is safer than a Volvo unless it's a Hummer or something...

I was going to post the same thing. And you may even be wrong about the Hummer - most light trucks aren't considered passenger vehicles, so aren't tested. What a crock, eh? The government has no back bone to change legislation to change this.

Here are the test results for the '04 H2 Hummer

• Frontal Crash: Rating:
• Driver Not tested by NHTSA
• Passenger Not tested by NHTSA
  
  Side Crash: Rating:
• Front Seat Not tested by NHTSA
• Rear Seat Not tested by NHTSA
  
  Rollover Resistance: Rating:
• Rollover Resistance Not tested by NHTSA

So is it better? Who knows. We don't

I might also add that if your Volvo is a X-Country, it is undoubtedly far better than any run of the mill 4WD pickup in the snow!

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Trucks are safer because you're riding in a higher position I thought? That, and they have more mass and thus more force in a collision, and if there was to a be a collision between two cars, the one likely to survive is going to have more force.

[MJZiggy]

Trucks are also a greater rollover risk for that very same reason. They are taller and will roll more easily, though that was improved, I believe with stabilizer bars. I guess you'd have to check the particular truck against the particular car...

[Freak Out]

London calling to the faraway towns
Now war is declared - and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard,you boys and girls
London calling, now don't look to us
Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
'Cept for the reign of that truncheon thing

[HarveyWallbangers]

Trucks are also a greater rollover risk for that very same reason. They are taller and will roll more easily, though that was improved, I believe with stabilizer bars. I guess you'd have to check the particular truck against the particular car...

Well, if you drive safe, then the greater risk is being run into be another driver.

Also, the truck has 4x4. The car does not. That's better for safety driving in Minnesota winters. The main issue though is she ran her tires down in her car. The truck is a little newer and doesn't have as much wear. Also, I just got the breaks done in the truck--while the car is in need of new brakes. So, all around, she did have a point. It was fun for awhile. I liked the giddy up in the car, but now I want my truck back.