| A couple of years ago SUVs very the "most dangerous vehicles:"
The main charge is that people who drive sport "utes" are moral savages. SUV drivers "tend to be people who are insecure and vain" not to mention "self-absorbed, with little interest in their neighbors and communities," writes Keith Bradsher in his book, "High and Mighty: SUVs--The World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way."
WSJ, Tuesday, January 21, 2003
"Sport utility vehicles have been NHTSA's favorite whipping boy in the past and it's hard to shake the habit. The agency comes down hard on SUVs for their high "rollover" rate. But like last year, it fails to point out that while SUVs are more likely than regular cars to roll over during a fatal wreck, they aren't likelier to be involved in a fatal wreck in the first place. For light trucks (the category that includes SUVs) the fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled has been slightly lower than the rate for passenger cars in each of the past five years.
WSJ Editorial
The Yearly NHTSA Report, Wednesday, August 12, 2004
"The well-publicized notion that S.U.V.'s are actually unsafe, based on their propensity to roll over, does not take into account personal responsibility. Rollover accidents tend to be something the driver has a substantial degree of control over. I choose not to whip around corners or to follow others so closely and at such high speeds that I have to make harrowing emergency stops. I drive so as not to roll over."
Did My Car Join al-Qaida?
Commentary by Woody Hochswender, NYT
Sun, 16 Feb 2003 | 
