http://blog.maxdunn.com/articles/2009/08/03/smaller-cars-are-safer en-us 40 Max Dunn's Blog <p>What would you think is the safer car to drive &#8211; the Toyota Camry at 3300 pounds or the Ford Explorer at 4800 pounds. Would you believe the lighter Camry?</p> <p>Safety statistics show this to be true. For every million Camrys on the road, 41 Camry drivers perish in crashes and an additional 29 people die in accidents involving Camrys. However, for every million Ford Explorers on the road, 88 Explorer drivers die and it kills 60 other people. So driving an Explorer is twice as dangerous as driving a Camry!</p> <p>Why is this? The bigger Explorer can&#8217;t avoid accidents as easily as the nimbler Camry and is more prone to rollovers.</p> <p>So next time someone says they feel safer in a big car, point out that the smaller car is actually safer.</p> <em>References:</em> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/20-Per-Gallon-Inevitable-Gasoline/dp/0446549541">$20 a Gallon, Chapter $6</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2008/2/safer-vehicles-for-people-and-the-planet/1">Safer Vehicles for People and the Planet</a>, </li> <li><a href="http://www.gladwell.com/2004/2004_01_12_a_suv.html">Big and Bad: How the S.U.V. ran over automotive safety. </a></li> </ul> Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:29:00 -0700 urn:uuid:534bf359-910b-4cd4-a01b-792df724a95f Max Dunn http://blog.maxdunn.com/articles/2009/08/03/smaller-cars-are-safer Electric Vehicles