You wrote: "There's a lot of political resistance to smaller cars, I've noticed. When the topic of fuel efficiency comes up Congressional reps always make dire predictions about the piles of dead bodies we'll see if people start driving smaller vehicles"
I wonder if anyone has ever taken a look at the countries where they have those mini cars to see if there is any signifiant differences in their traffic injuries/deaths. Accounting for the different type of driving in each country. Matt Claus