[xm177e2]

My friend's wife is an environmentalist. She hates large cars and SUVs with a passion. I gingerly pointed out that larger vehicles do a better job of preventing injury to their occupants. I referred to insurance company data that demonstrate this fact clearly.

But she was unmoved. She saw my opposition to small cars as dangerous to human life, though I tried to show that the opposite was true. The data I quoted made no impression at all, while fears of global warming occupied her mind.

SUVs might be a little safer for the occupants, but they are much more likely to kill people in other cars during an accident.

[rogerthedodger]

they're also a b*tch to see around if you're in a small car, esp. when they have tinted windows. They block the view of traffic, exit signs, etc. if you are behind them and in a smaller car.

[rogerthedodger]

they're also a b*tch to see around if you're in a small car, esp. when they have tinted windows. They block the view of traffic, exit signs, etc. if you are behind them and in a smaller car.

[Robert A Cook PE]

"SUVs might be a little safer for the occupants, but they are much more likely to kill people in other cars during an accident...

Not true. (Another liberal LIE - based on liberal repetitions of oher liberals (primarily the NY Times) repeating false claims.

The highest injury rates in car-car accidents are small-car-small car.

SUV-small car are not only relative infrequent, but the small car rider/driver are injured LESS than in small car crashes because there in MORE METAL present to provide slowing crumple zones for the small car driver.

The SUV_CRUSHES_SMALL CAR scenario is an emotional-driven HATRED and FEAR of the SUV by the small car (cheap, ignorant, liberal, hate-filled, jealous) driver against the imposing size and impression of the SUV.

In other words..... a typical liberal response.