From: "Gary Britt" 

Its difficult to believe that mini-vans would be safer than any decent size
SUV.  Mini Vans especially for side collisions are very flimsy if you ask
me.

Cheers,

Gary

"Doug Bryce"  wrote in message
news:40fc656c.23649428{at}news.barkto.com...
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:14:47 -0400, "Gary Wiltshire"

> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 23:10:48 GMT, Doug Bryce 
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 10:35:31 -0400, "Steve Ewing"

> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 21:55:05 -0400, Geo.
 wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> These are all enhanced capabilities of the vehicle.
If the price of
gas
> >>>> goes up slowly you will see enhanced milage as well
instead of a full
> >>>> out migration to a sardine can.
> >>>
> >>> There's some personal preference involved here-- I myself
prefer a car
> >>> to
> >>> a truck, but tastes differ.
> >>>
> >>> My objection to SUVs is not so much the vehicles themselves as to
their
> >>> safety issues, which are being resolved-- the
"runner"-type frame,
where
> >>> when a Navigator broadsides, say, me, it rides up over my
car's frame
> >>> and
> >>> neatly spears me.  Sure, the guy in the *SUV* is safer--
same as if he
> >>> had
> >>> a nice ram sticking out the front, or some Ben-Hur wheel spikes.
> >>
> >> This raises a question to which I've never been able to find an
> >> answer.  There is all the talk about how you're safer in an SUV in the
> >> event of a collision.  I've always assumed that this refers to a
> >> SUV/car collision.  Anybody know of a pointer to SUV/SUV stats?
> >>
> >> doug
> >
> >Someone posted an article here a few months ago that would indicated that
> >minivans are a lot safer in a collision than SUVs (for the people in the
> >vehicle, not what they hit) because minivans are built like cars.
>
> I can certainly believe minivans are safer.  That would seem to imply
> that an SUV/SUV collision could be very nasty for the vehicle
> occupants.
>
> doug
>

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