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Are you sure? In a Consumer Reports article [0] from 2013, they mention in head-on crashes involving a car and SUV, the car driver was 7.6 times more likely to
by CincinnatiMan 6y ago
Are you sure? In a Consumer Reports article [0] from 2013, they mention in head-on crashes involving a car and SUV, the car driver was 7.6 times more likely to die than the SUV driver.
So in a world where there are SUVs driving around, buying an SUV for yourself instead of a car is a safer move.
Just think about getting t-boned in an intersection. Would you rather be in a light, low vehicle or in a heavy, tall vehicle? I'd pick the latter, especially if the vehicle t-boning me is tall and its bumper at the height of my head if I were in a small car.
[0]: https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2013/05/suvs-are-safer-than-cars-in-front-crashes-but-there-is-more-to-the-story/index.htm https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2013/05/suvs-are-sa...
- freeflight 6y ago> So in a world where there are SUVs driving around, buying an SUV for yourself instead of a car is a safer move. That sounds like the same kind of circular reasoning that's often cited to oppose any gun regulation: "When everybody has a gun, you also need a gun to stay safe!".
- rsj_hn 6y agoA lot of people are confused about the difference between a stable and unstable equilibrium, because hey, they are both equlibria! No one having a big car is an unstable equilibrium.
- NickNameNick 6y agoThats because the SUV is too big, not because the car is too small. If you lived somewhere where all the cars were small, both vehicles would be better off, because there would be much less energy in the collision. SUV's aren't safer, they're more dangerous to other people. and that shouldn't be OK.