quattro Digest, Vol 6, Issue 43 - was Child Safety, now SUV rant

[l.leung at juno.com]

Actually, as the article quietly only discusses, far
down in a somewhat obscure paragraph, in SUV vs Car
crashes, mass, as expected, wins. Hand's down. That's
pure physics. However, as not noted in the article, 
a slight majority of crashes are single vehicle. There
the SUV's inherit inability to manouver works against it,
and it's structure, which tends to transmit rather than
absorb energy tends to hurt it's passengers. Just be sure
to be nimble enough to dodge wayward SUV's, as they'll win
if they hit you, every time. 

LL - NY



Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:04:59 -0400
From: Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com>
Subject: RE: Question on baby safety
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Alan Pritchard wrote:
> If you want the safest in crashes the SUV it has to be, ...

Not so, Grasshopper.  At least, if you are to believe this
The New Yorker magazine article:

http://www.gladwell.com/2004/2004_01_12_a_suv.html

I'd feel safer in an older 80/90 than I would in an SUV.

Kent
'89 200 TQ, 'Bad Puppy'