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Old 08-30-2008, 05:03 PM   #15 (permalink)
Formula413
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Originally Posted by bbjsw10 View Post
God decides who lives/dies not your car.
My own beliefs aside, this is a technical forum...

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Fact #1: The safest car is one that you don't collide with other cars or stationary objects, and that doesn't roll over in obstacle avoidance maneuvers, or when you get a simple flat tire, etc. Small cars, especially small cars with a low center of gravity, are a lot better at all this than your SUV.
Bingo. You are much better off avoiding the accident in the fist place, and a 2000 pound "death trap" is infinitely better at this than an SUV.
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