From: doug.bryce{at}sympatico.ca (Doug Bryce)

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

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