"joe schmoe" <me@virgin.not> wrote in message
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> On 16 Jan 2006 19:58:02 -0800, oceansixtyone@hotmail.com wrote:
> ><snip>
> > So why do people buy them?
>
> Perception of safety.
>
But no one bothers to buckle up. Many SUV drivers don't bother to buckle
up. The "perception" of safety is entirely at odds with the realities of
safety.
> Safety trumps all other costs. If you save $500 per mile driven but
> become a paraplegics in a car wreck what have you saved.??
Sure. Far better to kill the driver of the smaller car. It's like an arms
race. I was driving a Ford Aspire regularly but bought a bigger vehicle
after two SUVs blew through stop signs in front of me.
I keep hearing that we live in a "Christian" country but I see very little
evidence of that.
