Move over gas guzzlers, small cars are coming

usa today ^ | 1/8/06 | na

[Flavius]

USA Today articles are link only

[pissant]

Good. Increases my chances of survival when one of them scooters hits my SUV.

[Flavius]

"The laws of physics dictate that, all else being equal, larger and heavier vehicles are safer than smaller and lighter ones. In relation to their numbers on the road, small cars have more than twice as many occupant deaths each year as large cars," says an IIHS report.

and there you have it, head up prius lovers

[SmoothTalker]

Small cars have gotten a lot nicer. Things like the Mazda 3 drive very well indeed.

[finnman69]

Where do you put the 50lb bag of dogfood?

[Cliff Dweller]

I will drive one when they pry my cold dead hands from my Full size Ram 4x4...

or when I can no longer afford the fuel costs... whichever is first.

[oh8eleven]

Oh no, not this $hit again ...

[poobear]

'Good. Increases my chances of survival when one of them scooters hits my SUV."

;D!

Yep, my Blazer was broadsided by a Firebird. Just a ping to my side frame and little out of alignment. The Firebird totaled.

[oyez]

The will come with handles on the front, rear and sides. Get it?

[Travis McGee]

Cars no bigger than Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Ford Focus and similar compacts made up 13.4% of vehicles on the road in 2004, R.L. Polk registration data show. But they accounted for 30% of vehicle fatalities that year, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. "The laws of physics dictate that, all else being equal, larger and heavier vehicles are safer than smaller and lighter ones. In relation to their numbers on the road, small cars have more than twice as many occupant deaths each year as large cars," says an IIHS report.

Am I the only one who sees the obvious solution? Ban all vehicles larger than a Corolla.

< / sarcasm >

[pissant]

Saw a little scrunched Honda the other day next to an F250 with a damaged bumper. ;o)

[BladeLWS]

Hell I'm all for this, going to lower the prices on the newer SUV's by a ton, going to be great when I replace my 97 Grand Cherokee in a few years.

[AlaskaErik]

Where do you put the 50lb bag of dogfood?

The back seats fold down.

[pissant]

Got it!!!

[maxter]

LOL!!

[Zeppelin]

Where do you put the 50lb bag of dogfood?

I don't see the problem...

[ExcursionGuy84]

My Family's got an Ford F250 as well...

...only, it's got a cab that extends all the way to the back end of the truck and it's named EXCURSION.

An that's a Fact.

[Proud2BeRight]

Rescue crews will be able to simply hose the remains from those death-traps.

[brownsfan]

"Good. Increases my chances of survival when one of them scooters hits my SUV."

It's that attitude that causes people to characterize SUV's as evil.

That attitude that allows a small woman to climb into one of those things, pop open her cell phone, and drive all over the road. She doesn't care, because she's sure if there's an accident, SHE won't be injured.

[Vaquero]