Bigger is … Bigger
Not-so-Smart Car
The item on all the major news outlets today is the new crash test report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Now IIHS does some good work, so I don’t want to slam them. Really, they’re just echoing the culture with this report.
Of course: people in smaller cars don’t fare well in crashes with bigger vehicles. Duh. Neither do motorcyclists, bicyclists or pedestrians.
The approach to safety in this country is virtually all about how to reduce the impact on yourself and your family; rarely on how you might reduce your impact on others.
Perhaps instead of a headline like Small Cars Rate Poorly in New Crash Tests, we could once in a while see one like Larger Vehicles Cause More Serious Injuries and Deaths in Crashes.
Oh, but we knew that already too, didn’t we? I guess we just don’t like to be reminded.
Better yet, how about this headline: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Finds Bicyclists, Pedestrians Have Virtually No Impact on Others.
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