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> In a two-car accident, the larger car is likely to fare better If you've ever heard about the numerous SUV rollovers in the 90s - especially on poorly design
by r00fus 3y ago
> In a two-car accident, the larger car is likely to fare better
If you've ever heard about the numerous SUV rollovers in the 90s - especially on poorly designed roads (see: reduced-turning-radius cloverleaf intersections) - you would realize that collisions with other vehicles are a mere fraction of the accidents you can have.
People buy big because they can afford it - guess what, economy sucks and the used market is crazy so there is incentive for new smaller cars.
- lesuorac 3y ago> If you've ever heard about the numerous SUV rollovers in the 90s Did you only hear about them in the 90s? because in the 00s sway bars [1] became very popular so perhaps the rollovers stopped happening. I also don't think people really consider accidents when purchasing cars or Volvo wouldn't've had such a hard time growing. [1]: https://www.tirereview.com/sway-bar-technology/ https://www.tirereview.com/sway-bar-technology/
- r00fus 3y agoInteresting - looks like the auto industry has really improved SUV safety for rollovers in the past 2 decades. I wonder how much is sway-bars and how much is simply lowering the height (ie, most crossovers are still SUVs). Part of this may also align with the fact that SUVs are so varied a category that now there are 5+ size categories of SUV [1] as opposed to maybe two from the 90s - dilution of the brand in a marketable way. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossover_(automobile)#Size_categories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossover_(automobile)#Size_ca...
- nikau 3y agoSway bars have been around eons before the 00s - its widespread adoption of electronic stability control that reduced suv rollovers.