[Turk]

It is true the accident that claimed lives was tragic. Let' slow down a little before we all list our cars for sale collectively on Cobra Country and make Curt Scott a rich man.

These cars are designed to go fast, and faster yet provide very little protection from the current safety devices we take for granted in our other cars.

Are they less safe than motorcycles some of us enjoy? Is a Miata or a Z3 have enough protection built in to them so you will come on the winning end of contest between your car and an 18 wheeler?

I am not even sure that in spite of our occasional high profile incidents, we are as Cobra owners and drivers are any more prone to accidents than some other segment of motoring public.

Since that accident happened, I wonder how many other lives were lost in motorcycle accidents here and there. We don't know, because Buick drivers, Motorcyclists don't know one another like we do.

They don't have a single point on the Internet where they can come together and discuss what happened thousands of miles away. We do.

I have been a regular on this forum going on three years, and have heard almost every accident in a Cobra many many miles away from me. The other accidents happen more silently than Cobra accidents in here. We only hear about those involving one of our own.

Folks, I can count all bad accidents I have heard about in one hand, maybe two. Some were not even fatal.

Yes we should be careful, yes we should be responsible,and we should always remember those we left home when we said. "I'll be right back"! Let's not get too down on ourselves, we are as a group are far more responsible and better drivers than most.

40,000 or so Cobras and 6000 or so members in here, we damn near know or know someone who owns every Cobra in the world.

We are doing pretty good, let's do a little better and enjoy them as safely as we can.

TURK