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Originally Posted by aerohead
A professional musician that I know bought his wife a Suburban. He explained the logic of it:
* She's the worst driver he's ever known.
* And rather than see her die in an accident of her own making; he'd surround her in a battle tank, hoping it might save her, even at the expense of probably killing whoever she collided with.
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It is a contextual form of logical decision-making.  |
The problem with that kind of logic is that it only looks at half the equation.
Looking at the data - Trucks and SUVs have higher survival rates in 2 car crashes as they tend to weigh more and overtop and crush smaller vehicles. They have lower survival rates in single car crashes due to higher center of gravity and lower crash standards than cars.