Re: 'Collision at Main and College intersection results in fatality' [Village News, 7/14/2011]

If you were blindfolded and unfortunate enough to be in a car going 20 mph that crashed head on into an identical car going 20 mph, followed the next day by being in a car going 20 mph when it crashed into a brick wall, you would not be able to tell the difference. The forces involved on you would be identical. In each case you would come to an immediate stop and then bounce back a little.

The [CHP] should not add the rates as suggested in the article. If they don’t believe it, please ask another mathematician or physicist. If they still don’t believe it, they should refrain from voting in the...