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Do you have any actual safety numbers? Or are you just going on your gut instinct of "bigger must be better just because"? There was a time when those big SUV v
by sophacles 3y ago
Do you have any actual safety numbers? Or are you just going on your gut instinct of "bigger must be better just because"? There was a time when those big SUV vehicles were more likely to kill your family than a mini-van or sedan because the high center of gravity + no rollbar (and other such protection) made it both more likely to roll and more devastating when it did so.
- OGWhales 3y agoThe IIHS has stats on this and it does seem that larger vehicles have lower average death rates[1]. In a world of only smaller sized cars, having a larger car would likely be less safe for the reasons you listed. However, with large cars being so popular, it would make sense that being in a smaller car is less safe as you are more likely to be in a collision with a vehicle that has more mass than yours—not to mention you have less room for crumple zones and the larger vehicle would hit you at a higher point on your vehicles, which is known to be more lethal. [1]: https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics
- sophacles 3y agoHumans can rationalize anything, thank you for linking actual data.