European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page is stars and stripes july 2007 your Money poor Mark for head restraints the associated press Washington head restraints in dozens of sport Utility pickup trucks and mini vans provided Only poor or margin Al Protection from neck injuries in simulated crashes conducted by the insurance the test results released tues Day found several sums had improved protections against whip lash injuries but gave poor Marks to vehicles made by several Lead ing including Bow Daimler Chrysler Ford motor general motors Nissan motor and Toyota motor the insurance Institute for Highway safety said the simulated rear crashes at 20 Mph showed insurance Institute for Highway a crash test Dummy awaits a simulation test of a rear crash for a 2007 Toyota the Only pickup to receive the top that Many Large vehicles fall Short in protecting against neck injun which Lead to 2 million insurance claims a year 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just so you dont think i was driving a Little i was in my 2004 Chevy Malibu with a v6 engine and Miles on today mileage was 10 mpg better than Ive Ever gotten in this so this is How we can kick our Oil or at least reduce our As a your thoughts Tom and Ray Magliozzi Frank Tom youre absolutely theres no doubt about it slowing Down increases Gas mile Ray since youve done this Experiment Only we cant vouch for your actual mpg num youd have to do it a few times to deter mine whether the numbers Are a but the scientific data certainly backs up your Tom you might recall that in the the Nixon administration imposed a nationwide 55mph Speed Why because they knew that if everybody drove at 55 Mph instead of 75 the coun try would save a but Load of fuel Ray the reason that slowing Down works has to do with wind re you might How much More wind resistance is there at 75 Mph compared with 55 Mph and the answer is a got a question about cars write to Click and Clack in care of this new spa or email 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