>And this is at least three times I've seen a reference to cars >being safe, >except against SUVs. (And this is stating the obvious....) >There are trees, >rocks, cliffs, animals, buildings...any number of things that >can go wrong. >A person is mostly safer in a bigger vehicle against those >things, whether >it's an SUV or a Lincoln.
I think we are both generalizing, without facts. I checked it out and found it interesting that you mentioned Lincoln. The Lincoln Mark 7 is considered a very deadly car. "More results for specific vehicle models: For a very large luxury car, the Lincoln Town Car's death rate is surprisingly high. In part, this reflects the concentration of elderly people among Town Car drivers. Fifty-six percent of the people killed in crashes of this car during 1995-98 were 65 years or older, compared with 15 percent of all fatally injured drivers. The Lincoln Mark VIII, a large luxury coupe, also has a high death rate, but only 15 percent of its fatally injured drivers were 65 or older. The Mark VIII's high rate is mostly because of single-vehicle crash deaths, which are more frequent in two-door cars and coupes." The deadlest car? A Geo Metro (209). the safest? Nissan Quest(18), with a close second - Infiniti j30(20). (number is No. of deaths per million registration years) Here are the facts for each car. They break it down into fatalities for Single vehicle accidents, Multiple vehicle accidents, and rollovers. single vehicle accidents falls within the realm of what you described - Vehicle vs imovable object. Look up your car to see how it compares... The facts are surprising. http://www.hwysafety.org/sr_ddr/sr3507_t2.htm As you can expect, the incidence of rollover deaths increase with the weight, whereas the incidence of deaths with single vehicle accidents increase as weight decreases. There are interesting anomolies, like the Honda civic, which is twice as safe as a Kia Sephia. Overall, our generalizations were both correct. Large vehicles are at risk for rollovers, and small vehicles are at risk in collisions. I was wrong in my assuption that if there were more smaller vehicles, there would be safer roads. I see now that this is not the case. However, there may be a day when there are reliable statistics available to do an projection as to whether or not death rates go down as the number of SUV's decrease. > >Now to agree with you, SUVs are shit because of the exemptions >on the way >they are built, classified, and taxed. Don't forget the way they are driven. > >Kevin T. - VRWC Nerd From Hell > >_______________________________________________ >http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
