Exposing the SUV safety Myth

[Doug Pensinger]

http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/EETD-SUV-Safety.html

"Most cars are safer than the average sports utility vehicle [SUV], while pickup trucks are much less safe than all other types. Minivans and import luxury cars have the safest records," states the report, "An Analysis of Traffic Deaths by Vehicle Type and Model," which was prepared by Tom Wenzel, an energy analyst with Berkeley Lab's Environmental Energy Technologies Division, and Marc Ross, a professor in Michigan's Applied Physics Department."

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"All the evidence in our study shows that vehicles can be, and in fact are being, made lighter and more fuel efficient without sacrificing safety," says Wenzel. "The argument that lowering the weight of cars to achieve high fuel economy has resulted in excess deaths is unfounded."


So SUVs pollute more, guzzle more gas, and they aren't very safe, all things considered.

But they're trendy!

Doug

GSV Road Hog


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