Extreme environmentalists don't sound any more tolerant of the facts than extreme Christians being told that Earth is more than 6,000 years old.

Obama intends to put American lives in danger on our highways all out of the blind faith he has in a fragile scientific theory that has become the centerpiece of the radical extremist religion of environmentalism.

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In a Yugo...

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It is totally untrue that making cars smaller means more deaths.
It means fewer deaths.

Smaller cars are well known for having better strength to weight ratios.
This is true with everything.
It is why an ant can carry over 100 times it own weight.

The truth is that when a car hits a solid object, smaller cars do better, because it is the weight of the car itself that causes the damage.

When 2 cars hit together, the larger car is the fault of the damage done to the smaller one.
If both cars are small, then the total damage is the least possible.

Anyone who claims a large car is safer if you hit a solid obstacle, is totally wrong.

Of course everyone would be "safer" if we all drove around in Abrams tanks. Then a little collision would rattle us, but we wouldn't suffer the sort of injuries which kill thousands of Americans every year in the more easily crumpled vehicles which are currently popular.

But we wouldn't get very good gas mileage.

It's not about size, matchbox cars are very sturdy, it's about the strength of the frame in relation to overall weight.

The only place left to cut weight is in the structural steel.

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January 21, 2013: The End of an ERROR.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."
"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
---Benjamin Franklin

Your ignorance of the real world is monumental.

Who fares better against a 300 lb deer crossing the highway, the trucker in an eighteen wheeler, or the motorcyclist? Actually use your brain, and picture the two different scenarios. Then come back and apologize for posting such nonsense.

A better question would be: Who would be better off, a truck driving against a wall or a small car driving against a wall. You can also use another truck or small car to drive against.

You might be surprised to know that most accidents are not with deer. They are with other cars.

Maaf is completely correct when the situation is a collision of a car with a solid immovable object or when 2 cars of equal weight collide. It is not the case when 2 cars of different weights collide, but saying it's safer to have a big car means at the same time it's less safe for the other guy. Everyone upgrading all the way is not really a good option because 2 heavy objects colliding causes more damage then 2 lighter objects.

Awesome, welcome to the forum.

Always ecstatic to meet someone who uses logic and rationality.

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The National Academy of Sciences, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Congressional Budget Office and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are all wrong?

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Maat222 is partially right. If 2 small cars hit each other, it's probably no biggy in terms of which one comes out better or worse. The problem is we have a great deal of large cars in the US and every mom drives a big honking SUV. When an SUV hits a Yaris, just dig a hole and bury the people in the Yaris. It's toast and the SUV will walk away.

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American by birth.
Conservative by the grace of God.

Still sore about the war of northern aggression.

While its true that a tiny car is at a disadvantage against a large SUV, when the SUVs are gone from the nation's roads, that situation expires.

Either we buy more efficient autos or... what? Continue driving 3 ton tanks that get under 10 MPG?

What will be the next garbage thread slamming Obama for not being McCain?

americans will never give up large card/ SUV's regardless of how bad you liberals want it to happen

What business is it of yours what other people drive?

I didn't vote for McCain, so why would I want Obama to be like McCain?

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As has been said, most car crashes are against other cars, not deer. How many fatal accidents do deer cause? It's a vanishingly small fraction.

Two 18-wheelers hitting each other head on have no advantage over two minis hitting each other head on.

Relative size matters. Absolute size does not.

$10/gallon - you still thinking about that Escalade?

Ok, pimps, rap stars, and the wealthy will still have their big cars and SUVs.
But as gasoline climbs back up, the trend is to smaller fuel efficient vehicles.
So yeah, somewhere there will be a Shelby GT Mustang sucking gasoline and burning rubber, but most people will do what people do when gas is expensive, and drive small cars.
This won't be the case in Saudi Arabia where gas is still 29 cents a gallon, or in Venezuela where you can fill up a Hummer for $5. But in the US gas prices are heading to small car territory, because this is no longer a petroleum producing nation, we are a petroleum importing nation and the sooner we face up to that the better for everyone.

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