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Originally posted by Eric 951
Sebring--bravo. I can agree with your rant regarding blaming the drivers and not the vehicles themselves.
The most idiotic posts I read are often "Ban SUVs" or similar. The SUV is an inanimate object, the method of it's utilization is entirely up to whomever is behind the wheel. As with every vehicle type, brand, make, etc. there are good drivers and bad drivers comprising the owner demographic.
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Yes I do agree with you on part of your point.
However "The SUV is an inanimate object" is part of the problem. It is a high profile object that has large blind spots and blocks your own scan anytime it's near you. It has a high center of gravity and because it is a truck it handles poorly. Statically in major accidents SUVs kill the occupants of 2nd car involved. But also in single car accidents SUV drivers are most likely to be killed themselves in roll over accidents.
Now as far as demographics I would say the section of drivers that were driving a compact and now have a large SUV would be least familiar with the size and handling woes of the big SUV. As is stereotypical now add a family a VCR and couple of TV screens and the distractions start to accumulate.
My concern is when this decade of SUVs are replaced by newer SUVs will we see the older oversize SUVs driven by 16 year old first time drivers? That is a dangerous demographic to combine with the SUV accident statistics.