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Simon Proven
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(alternative to Paul's Smith's "it's the focus on speed" theory)
I read an article in New Scientist this week about the dangers of SUVs (in particular, they're more
likely to roll than ordinary cars, and more likely to have the roof crushed in a roll). They also
mentioned in the article that occupants of normal cars are 3x more likely to be killed in an
accident with an SUV than in an accident with a normal car. Heaven knows what they do to peds,
cyclists, etc.
Now, SUVs (vehicles of this type, anyway - the term isn't normally used here) are far less common
over here, but still account for 4% of the vehicle market.
Given their acknowledged safety issues, I was wondering how the numbers of this type of vehicle have
changed over the past 10 years and if an increase in collisions involving such behemoths could
account for any change in trend. Note that for the purposes of this discussion I'm assuming that
there might be a change in trend, though if you look at PS's graphs there have been other occasions
where there has been a brief plateau before continuing the downward trend.
Simon
I read an article in New Scientist this week about the dangers of SUVs (in particular, they're more
likely to roll than ordinary cars, and more likely to have the roof crushed in a roll). They also
mentioned in the article that occupants of normal cars are 3x more likely to be killed in an
accident with an SUV than in an accident with a normal car. Heaven knows what they do to peds,
cyclists, etc.
Now, SUVs (vehicles of this type, anyway - the term isn't normally used here) are far less common
over here, but still account for 4% of the vehicle market.
Given their acknowledged safety issues, I was wondering how the numbers of this type of vehicle have
changed over the past 10 years and if an increase in collisions involving such behemoths could
account for any change in trend. Note that for the purposes of this discussion I'm assuming that
there might be a change in trend, though if you look at PS's graphs there have been other occasions
where there has been a brief plateau before continuing the downward trend.
Simon