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poor mr. avocado. is that all you got? a little white flag and a tired slogan?
i don't drive a car to impress anyone, and i certainly would never waste my money on a mercedes.
Excuse me? The argument is either cars can't be made more efficient or one is relegated to the Smart Car. I present that using current technology one can have a high performance luxury sedan that exceeds the standards as set by the administration and the best you can come up with is some third grade attempt to use my user name as an insult.
SUVs, in particular, now much safer with addition of stability control.
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNNMoney.com staff writer
POSTED: 9:54 a.m. EDT, April 20, 2007
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- New statistics released Thursday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show that, overall, driving has gotten much safer in the last 11 years.
During the years 2002 to 2005, there were 79 driver deaths per million registered 2001-2004 model year vehicles, according to the Institute. By contrast, during the years 1990 to 1994, there were 110 deaths per million 1989 to 1993 model year vehicles on the road then. That represents a 30 percent reduction in the overall death rate.
Most of that difference can be attributed to safer vehicle designs and to the addition of Electronic Stability Control on more vehicles, especially SUVs, according to the Institute.
The vehicles with the lowest death rates were the General Motors' Chevrolet Astro van, the Infiniti G35 sedan, the BMW 7-series sedan and the Audi A4/S4 Quattro. The Astro, a full-sized van, had a death rate of 7 per million. The Audi A4/S4 had 14 deaths per million registered cars.
The vehicles with the highest fatality rates were 2-door, 2-wheel-drive versions of the Chevrolet Blazer small SUV, the Acura RSX small car, the Nissan 350Z sports car, the Kia Spectra compact car, the Pontiac Sunfire compact car and the Kia Rio subcompact car. Death rates for those cars ranged from 232 per million for the Blazer to 175 for the Rio.
Death rates are computed based on data from the Federal Government's Fatality Analysis Reporting System and vehicle registration data from The Polk Company.
Overall, midsize and large luxury cars have the lowest death rates, according to the Institute, while small 4-door cars have the highest death rates. Of the 15 vehicles with the lowest death rates, none were small cars.
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I always thought some of the cars that were the safest were also the most fuel efficient.
Did somebody mention "ignoring all logic so you can take a swipe at the opponent"?
And whine about "Making up batsh()t crazy stuff like more people are going to die"?
Don't you ever get tired of making a complete fool of yourself?
Back to the subject:
Is President Obama making a good decision, requiring smaller, lighter cars to save oil, and accepting the increase in injuries and deaths that those smaller, lighter cars will produce?
I'm betting he's of the ilk that claims "Guns don't kill people. People kill people," but when it comes to cars, they suddenly become sentient objects of destruction, irrespective of those behind the wheel.
I'm betting he's of the ilk that claims "Guns don't kill people. People kill people," but when it comes to cars, they suddenly become sentient objects of destruction, irrespective of those behind the wheel.
No, in this line of thinking, he is buying the safest gun he can afford, and not blaming anybody. And simply wishing nanny out of the mix.
Car engines and transmissions are already about as efficient as they can get, for running on gasoline. So, the only way you can increase the gas mileage of cars, is by using hybrid technology (doubling the price of cars), different fuels (which Barry isn't doing here)...
Obama to Detail New Car Fuel Standards Tuesday, Reports Say
Because this is America I think we should lower the standards, such as making the minimum for any car (or truck) at 10 MPG.
Another good thing would also be to ban all imported cars. That way the US auto industry can do whatever they want, including deciding the fuel efficiency (or inefficiency, if they so choose).
I think that all those conservatives who are dead set against everything that Obama says and does should drive big HP V-8s just out of defiance.
Speaking of SUV safety, I think they should be available with twin rear axles.
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Obama to mandate higher gas mileage standards
