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Old 10-08-05 | 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by catatonic
To sum it up: safety comes from the driver, not the car....improving the driver is the best route.
targeted driver safety training cuts accidents by about half

(http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/alliances/a...et_safety.html)

50% less deaths is an improvement - it is just tough luck I suppose if you are one of the unlucky ones

a trained SUV driver should therefore kill about the same number of people as an untrained normal car driver- so no problem then
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