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SUVs: The Deadly Cost Of A Mass Fantasy

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
4 November 2002 - 7:00am

According to this New York Times book review, Keith Bradsher's book, "High and Mighty: SUV - The World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way" is sobering, infuriating and necessary.

"[The SUV is a] top-heavy boxcar unstable in anything but a straight line, overpowered and underbraked, its high seating position imbuing drivers with a false sense of omnipotence that contributes to a disproportionately high accident and death toll. ...In brief, it's too high a price for this country to pay -- in environmental damage, in precious oil squandered, in flouting state-of-the-art vehicle safety standards ..."

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Source: The New York Times, October 6, 2002
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