"Newps" wrote in message
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They are safer in an Explorer than a Focus. Many, many times safer. While
only 1.5 more people die per 100,000 passengers in SUV's those poor saps
in the Focus get slaughtered when they crash into something other than
another Focus.

Aren't you twisting the statistics around a bit? You cannot be many times
safer if the death rate is higher. I could just as well say SUVs are MANY
times more dangerous to their occupants during rollovers, and I could even
point to higher overall fatality rates.

There was a NY Times article a couple months ago on how insurance rates will
be rising for *everyone* due to the reversal of the downward trend in
accident rates due to SUVs. So you are also demanding that I pay for your
higher risk, in addition to assuming a higher risk to my family and self
(not to mention the premium on fuel costs associated with higher consumption
overall).

I guess you are advocating the "Every man for himself, to hell with my
neighbors" attitude. That's cool. I don't happen to agree, though.