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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
That mass argument is BS. Got any stats on how many people walked away from accidents because they had the added mass of an SUV? I know a dude who swears he'd be dead if the 18 wheelerhad hit him in anything other than his Tahoe. Any death caused by increased mass is easily outweighed by lives saved by it.
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Your response is BS for two reasons, putting aside that it's based on a single person's annecdote.
First--you have to compare the number who walked away with the number who died in rollovers that wouldn't have occured in a car.
Second--my point was that the SUV owners are creating less safe roads for others, not for themselves. But it's self-defeating. If SUVs are in fact safer, then everyone will eventually get them. And instead of having 3000lb cars hitting eachother, we'll have 5000lb SUVs hitting each other. Which is more likely to cause fatalities. Prisoners dilemma, etc. While the individual owner may be better off, society is worse off .
BTW--who likes minivans? But, yes, they have some of the same problems. But they're not as wide, and usually not as high. I don't like driving behind trucks either. But SUVs, unlike trucks, are not everyhwere.
