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Originally Posted by YamiTenshi
Contrary to popular belief it's more dangerous to be driving a bigger SUV than it is to be driving a smaller sedan. There is just more momentum in a heavier object so that when it hits something it hits harder. The only exception I can think of it that if a big car actually goes head to head with a small car in which case of course the smaller car will lose
 . And let's not forget that most people that drive big SUVs have bigger blind spots, longer stop times and most of these drivers don't know how to handle a big car when there's an emergency.edit: oh, and forgot to mention the higher center of gravity on SUVs, some people just don't understand that you can't make a turn or change lanes quite as fast in a Surburban as you can in a Corolla. |
the problem is the stiffness of a truck or suv frame, there design to handle towing, offroading, heavy loads, there stronger and stiffer then a cars frame, hence they don't fold up like an accordian in an accident like a car does, which absorbs much of the energy, reducing the instantaneous change in accerelation of the passengers in a car, where an suv leaves the people to deal with the brunt of the force in an accident
that and the higher center of gravity lead to suv's being far unsafer then cars, but the fact is they aren't as safe as a car
and blessing, its even worse now, last year death rates for cars went down, rates for SUV's went up something like 5-10% in each direction
