Re: [Futurework] The solution to the S.U.V. problem

[William B Ward]

On Thu, 29 May 2003 17:54:22 -0700 Harry Pollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brad, > > As I said earlier, women seem to like SUV's because they feel safer in  them, something born out by the statistics. Henry, it is a bit confusing but you are basically right. Look below the graphic.     The article reported that the passenger of a car is 4 times more likely to die compared to that of an SUV during an accident involving the two.  The article also reported that if a car were hit on the side, the likelihood of death became 27 times greater for the passenger of the car compared to the SUV. The main reason for the cause in the increase of the death rate during accidents involving cars and SUVs is because of the design of the car.  The issue of the New York Times reported that a car is designed to meet that standards of being able to withstand a collision with a similarly shaped vehicle within 500 pounds of its own weight.  SUVs, though, tend to weigh at least 1000 pounds more than the average car. www.arches.uga.edu/~surbizo/Suv%2520rollover.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.arches.uga.edu/~surbizo/deathrate.html&h=394&w=556&prev=/images%3Fq%3DSUV%2Baccidents%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG   Bill   > It seems to me that most cars now are advertised as reaching 60 in 3 > > seconds, or something, and screaming around corners on mountain > courses > inches away from a precipitous drop. > > That advertising is for the testerone types (who may never actually > drive > very fast through city traffic). > > Harry > ---------------------------------------- > > Brad  wrote: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Males without power tend to prefer SUVs,  The bigger the better. > > > >Maybe you "nave the numbers"? > > > >But I would have *thought* that males without > >power would prefer: > > > >     (1) Pickup trucks, and/or > > > >     (2) Sports cars (incl. American "muscle cars", > >         "hot rods", etc.). > > > >"Little GTO, you're really doing fine -- 3 deuces and > >4 four speed, and a 389...." (ref. lost) > > > >     America has taken the automobile into its heart, > >     and the automibile has taken over America. > >                             (--Eric Severeid) > > > >\brad mccormick > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 4:03 PM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Brad McCormick, Ed.D. > >>Subject: Re: [Futurework] The solution to the S.U.V. problem > >> > >>Brad McCormick wrote: > >> > >>>Instead of S.U.V.s, people should buy "cabs" for > >>>"semis" -- you know, the big trucks that do long distance > >>>freight hauling.  Most of them have a sleeping compartment > >>>behind the driver's seat, many hae television > >> > >>Almost there!   http://poseur.4x4.org/futuresuv.html > >>;-) > >>Chris > > > **************************************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles > Box 655   Tujunga   CA   91042 > Tel: (818) 352-4141  --  Fax: (818) 353-2242 > http://home.attbi.com/~haledward > **************************************************** > >