No need for a coffin....just bury the car.
Posted on 06/13/2011 11:42:28 AM PDT by smokingfrog
Remember when SUVS drew consumer focus over rollover worries? Well, a study says SUVs are safer than ever, and tiny cars are the most likely to result in a fatality.
That's one of the lessons from the latest edition of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Status Report, which tracks car crash and mortality statistics. The good news is that car crash deaths are down overall: Between 2006 and 2009, the death rate for drivers of 2005-08 models was just 48 people per million registered vehicle years (defined as a vehicle registered for a year, or two vehicles registered for six months). According to the report, the death rate for 2001-04 models was 79, so this represents a significant improvement over just five years.
But the data also show that your chance of dying in a car accident goes up as your car gets smaller...
(Excerpt) Read more at thestreet.com ...
“tiny cars are the most likely to result in a fatality.”....
Rocket scientists everywhere!
No need for a coffin....just bury the car.
Zero fecal matter, brother of Mycroft.
I just now got that. lol
This being the fabulous freaky ‘70’s, the study editors didn’t want this to be taken as a call against the “eggshells”, but rather that we should ban the “hammers” and all drive “eggshells”.
I think that’s been the conclusion of every one of the sudies now that you mention it.
:-)
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