(Michael Houghton) wrote
Bill Denton spoke of how it caused *police officers* problems, but not
the general driving public.

Police officers have pretty much the worst accident records of anyone.
Of course no small part of it is the fact that they have a legitimate
reason to drive agressively (chasing down murderers) whereas most
drivers don't. Still, if there is a problem, that's where it's going
to show up first.

It took insurance companies years to decide that ABS didn't warrant a
discount. It just looked so good on paper. This was a good early
indication.

Or are you just opposed to any safety advance?

Ah, that must be it. I must be anti-safety.

But it's supposed to be a safer aircraft than what we fly. It was
supposedly designed for safety. Now we think that maybe with
sufficient retraining it won't be especially dangerous.

...no more dangerous than any other light single...

Yes it is more dangerous than MOST other light singles. It has over
THREE TIMES the fatality rate of the new C-182's - and the C-182's are
basically an old, warmed-over design. The Cirrus is supposedly
designed for safety.

Michael