I thought of that, but here in Minnesota I would say that certainly no more than 50% of the vehicles on the road are SUV's. I would guess it's about 33% but I can say with a lot of confidence it's certainly not over 50%.

I know what you're saying about statistics lying. I kinda went out of my way not to try to infer more, maybe I should have written more - my point was more that SUV's sure like they're either no safer, or less safe in a snow storm (don't know which).

Heck, I looked at several SUV's when I bought a new car, I would have bought one if I found the right one - I don't have a big attitude against them or anything. What's irritating of people's strong, vehement, "you're dumb and don't care if I live or die" insistence that they HAVE to have one for winter driving. You want one? I don't have a complex against them. Just don't spread the mis-belief that AWD is going to make a giant safety difference in the snow and ice - all the other vehicles already have 4-wheel braking, your only improvement is being able to pull out from a snowbank AFTER you go off the road. Sure, I can understand why someone who has 3 kids wants the additional ability to drive down their unplowed street after picking them up from school. That's fine. Just don't believe that you're less likely to get into an accident with one. It's a nice feature, not a "OMG we're all going to die without it!!" kind of thing.