Originally Posted by fishigan
Where do you get these ratings from? I have side impact airbags, front air bags, child safe power windows, and I get a discount on my insurance for the safety rating.
...relative to other SUVs, maybe...I'd like to see that. Trust me, you need all the airbags you can get. Its a question of mentality, do you want to improve your survival chances in an accident? Or would you rather not have the accident? It's up to you to roll the dice with your kids.
If you think safety tests are meant to protect you, wake up: check this out on the web. The 2004 Saturn Vue SUV was found to have collapsing suspensions on roll-over tests by the NHTSA, Saturn said they could not recall the vehicles, it was too expensive, and would only fix the broken suspensions, NHTSA said ok, and they kept selling the SUVs!
Simple facts, a top-heavy 3+ ton vehicle is not safe; they have 2-3 X the stopping distance of a passenger car (yet they still love to follow too close). Safety ratings are in one driver tests, other countries safety councils have found the risk of flipping is magnified by just having an additional passenger.
But YOU think you are right. Let's hope your not dead right. F*** the environment, burn all the gas you want, get an inhaler.
This is most disturbing and not typical of cyclists I've met around the US. I won't read this thread any further.