From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

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.

--
Gary Wiltshire

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