Jul 24 2013, 11:08 PM
Do you think when (touch wood) someone is meant to get into casualty, because of the brand "Volvo" "Mercs" "BMW", then it makes the differences? Or even it is "VIOS", then the God will say,"It is a God's car, let's spare these INNOCENT lives!"??
No, even the most safety car, tend to fail. It does mean it is fail proof. Statistics have proven that the bigger the vehicle, the higher the chance of survival. If this is the case, why don't we all change our cars to trucks due to the safety issues. I think these truck can easily pass these Euro NCAP easily.
It all depends on how vehicles collide, how is the casualty happens and the impact of the casualty. These design can prevent but NOT avoid it some vehicles would get involved into the casualties.
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Certainly, there are pros and cons to driving a truck or SUV as with any vehicle, but the negatives critics are anxious to point out aren't necessarily a disadvantage. A study by two economics professors at Rutgers University for the Cato Institute, an anti-regulatory think tank, indicates that pickups and SUVs may actually be decreasing fatalities on our nation's roads. The study notes that, despite the doubling of light trucks over the last 20 years, there's been a 33-percent drop in traffic-accident fatalities per capita, per licensed driver, and per registered vehicle. In addition, fatalities per vehicle mile traveled have decreased by 50 percent. The professors say safety advantages, including stiffer chassis and added weight, override the hazards. The pair concludes that a 10-percent increase in light-truck registration would reduce deaths from multiple-vehicle crashes by 4 percent and single-crash fatalities by 15.
Read more here: http://www.trucktrend.com/features/consume...l#ixzz2ZyZ86V8jCertainly, there are pros and cons to driving a truck or SUV as with any vehicle, but the negatives critics are anxious to point out aren't necessarily a disadvantage. A study by two economics professors at Rutgers University for the Cato Institute, an anti-regulatory think tank, indicates that pickups and SUVs may actually be decreasing fatalities on our nation's roads. The study notes that, despite the doubling of light trucks over the last 20 years, there's been a 33-percent drop in traffic-accident fatalities per capita, per licensed driver, and per registered vehicle. In addition, fatalities per vehicle mile traveled have decreased by 50 percent. The professors say safety advantages, including stiffer chassis and added weight, override the hazards. The pair concludes that a 10-percent increase in light-truck registration would reduce deaths from multiple-vehicle crashes by 4 percent and single-crash fatalities by 15.
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