I believe that (enforcing fuel efficiency equals more deaths) to be a myth. There's little correlation between fuel efficiency and safety. SUVs ARE safer in fr

I believe that (enforcing fuel efficiency equals more deaths) to be a myth. There's little correlation between fuel efficiency and safety. SUVs ARE safer in front crashes.. but they're otherwise no safer than a car of equal price, which are usually way more fuel efficient (US cars in general are not fuel efficient at all). It is also true that the least safe cars are all small cars, but that's more correlated with price than with size - an Audi A4 is considered a midsize car by US standards, yet it's one of the safest cars around. Sources: http://www.iihs.org/externaldata/srdata/docs/sr4204.pdf http://www.iihs.org/externaldata/srdata/docs/sr4204.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_sport_utility_vehicles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_sport_utility_vehi... www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2013/05/suvs-are-safer-than-cars-in-front-crashes-but-there-is-more-to-the-story/index.htm Also, I work for an insurance company and hear lots of myths.