Study Indicates Hybrids Portly Weight Give Them An Advantage In Crashes

In the first analysis of its kind, the Highway Loss Data Institute found that drivers of hybrid vehicles are, on average, 25 percent less likely to be injured in a crash than drivers of conventional vehicles.

Matt Moore, the data institute's vice president and author of the study, said weight was a big factor in its analysis.

"Hybrids on average are 10 percent heavier than their standard counterparts," Moore said in a statement today. "This extra mass gives them an advantage in crashes that their conventional twins don't have."

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sdcarguy - 11/17/2011 9:15:59 PM

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Duh.

pepito66 - 11/18/2011 12:29:52 AM

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OMG a Toyota ufffff.....

asafianow - 11/18/2011 9:05:06 AM

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Who knew the back-up QB for Miami was running IIHS studies

Joe_Limon - 11/18/2011 10:13:07 AM

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lol fail

F = M x A

V x M = Impulse not Force

Joe_Limon - 11/18/2011 10:14:08 AM

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Impulse or inertia/kinetic energy :D