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Thread #21993   Message #1331212
Posted By: GUEST,Chief Chaos
18-Nov-04 - 12:43 PM
Thread Name: Why are Americans so fat?
Subject: RE: Why are Americans so fat?
I can't recall who posted it but:

SUVs don't cause more crashes. To be specific it would be the driver that causes the crash to begin with. It's not that the SUVs cause crashes but that some of the cars that are on our roads are turbo charged four cylinders that aren't built well enough to withstand a collision with a telephone pole at 25 MPH. They then get into an accident with an SUV which is bigger and heavier and also moving and end up getting killed. The statistic says that collisions with SUVs cause more deaths which is true but for the reason I already gave. The statistic doesn't bother to mention who was at fault for the accident. Leaving this out seems to make people think they are more dangerous.