Crash Tests Rattle SUV Safety Claims

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found some late-model SUVs performed worse than cars, a result that challenges a belief among consumers that sport utility occupants are safer in some crashes because they are heavier than cars and occupants are seated higher.

"The performance of some of these models in the side test was surprising," David Zuby, who heads the crash-test program at the insurance institute.
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t_bone - 10/11/2007 9:30:26 AM

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Not really a surprise to any readers here, the whole SUV "safety" thing is really just fed into by soccer moms.

The only thing we know for sure about SUV safety is that they are definitely more lethal to anything they hit.

S4cabriofoxone - 10/11/2007 9:44:17 PM

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Except children- my son, who recently completed driver's ed for his training permit, told me that they watched a video one night proving that SUVs are less harmful when they strike children than when they hit adults. I don't feel like explaining right now... maybe later.

S4cabriofoxone - 10/11/2007 9:44:46 PM

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Oh, I forgot to add- they're also safer than cars when hitting children. Of course, the children should not be hit in the first place!