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Originally Posted by Varn
Most of my driving neighbors drive fairly high vehicles, I can only assume that most who were killed in Missouri were driving compact cars.
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Instead of just assuming, why not check to see if this is in fact the case?
You might also factor in deer-caused accidents, where the driver crashes in the process of trying to avoid the deer. Obviously, a smaller, more maneuverable car will give you better odds of safely avoiding (or failing to avoid) a deer. Certainly I've managed to avoid a number in the Insight. (Including one that seemed determined to be hit: I saw him in the road and swerved left, he jumped left. I turned back to the right, he turned around and got in front of me, Back to the left, and the sucker jumped again. Finally came to a stop (I was of course braking the whole time) inches from him - and he snorts and WALKS off the road.) In a couple of instances, I might well have rolled an SUV or pickup doing the same maneuvers.