It's Official: SUV owners survive crashes 50% better

[mrplunkey]

http://www.iihs.org/externaldata/srdata/docs/sr4605.pdf

Good times. Drill baby drill!

 

[hurricane]

i hope so, with the prices of gas..they better be worth something

 

[Arabian]

I still like my car better than any SUV!

 

[PICK3]

less chance of dying in a minivan!

 

[Arabian]

less chance of dying in a minivan!

Or my Yugo.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

I think I'd rather get a truck before another SUV.

 

[nimbus]

SUVs are mainly safer because they are bigger than other vehicles, although to a slight extent it also because they do better in crashes w/stationary objects.

if everyone just keeps buying heavier vehicles in an endless race to exploit other drivers, drivers will be less safe overall because collisions will occur with continually increasing force, not to mention the loss of maneuverability increasing crash frequency, while the marginal benefit of stationary object collision safety diminishes.

if we all drove smaller cars, we'd be a little less safe in stationary object collisions, but a lot safer in car to car crashes because crumple zones would have less energy to absorb. we'd be safer overall.

there is a cutoff with downsizing too because at some point you aren't safe enough with common obstacles people hit like deer or barriers and it outweighs your v2v benefits.

but the right direction currently for overall driver safety is still towards downsizing imo.

as a policymaker i'd push for smaller cars, as a consumer i'd push for bigger. luckily we have government to save us from tragedy of the commons

 

[mrplunkey]

SUVs are mainly safer because they are bigger than other vehicles, although to a slight extent it also because they do better in crashes w/stationary objects.

if everyone just keeps buying heavier vehicles in an endless race to exploit other drivers, drivers will be less safe overall because collisions will occur with continually increasing force, not to mention the loss of maneuverability increasing crash frequency, while the marginal benefit of stationary object collision safety diminishes.

if we all drove smaller cars, we'd be a little less safe in stationary object collisions, but a lot safer in car to car crashes because crumple zones would have less energy to absorb. we'd be safer overall.

there is a cutoff with downsizing too because at some point you aren't safe enough with common obstacles people hit like deer or barriers and it outweighs your v2v benefits.

but the right direction currently for overall driver safety is still towards downsizing imo.

as a policymaker i'd push for smaller cars, as a consumer i'd push for bigger. luckily we have government to save us from tragedy of the commons

I'm ok with that. I'll stick to my range rover. I should get steel plates wellded into it.

 

[samoth]

SUVs are mainly safer because they are bigger than other vehicles, although to a slight extent it also because they do better in crashes w/stationary objects.

if everyone just keeps buying heavier vehicles in an endless race to exploit other drivers, drivers will be less safe overall because collisions will occur with continually increasing force, not to mention the loss of maneuverability increasing crash frequency, while the marginal benefit of stationary object collision safety diminishes.

if we all drove smaller cars, we'd be a little less safe in stationary object collisions, but a lot safer in car to car crashes because crumple zones would have less energy to absorb. we'd be safer overall.

there is a cutoff with downsizing too because at some point you aren't safe enough with common obstacles people hit like deer or barriers and it outweighs your v2v benefits.

but the right direction currently for overall driver safety is still towards downsizing imo.

as a policymaker i'd push for smaller cars, as a consumer i'd push for bigger. luckily we have government to save us from tragedy of the commons

I was just going to say, "well, yeah, duh" and mock people's inability to grasp elemetary Newtonian mechanics, but this poast will suffice.

 

[PICK3]

luckily we have government to save us from tragedy of the commons

Go Barry Go!!!

Obama and EPA Launch 34.1-MPG Fuel-Economy Rules for 2016