I believe it's 3 K-cars over 7.
The Elantra, Optima and the Forenza(apparently GM-DAT/Daewoo sourced)is the 3rd.
The Elantra, Optima and the Forenza(apparently GM-DAT/Daewoo sourced)is the 3rd.
Bravo!!!!!!!!!quote:
Everyone wants to be safe, but buying huge trucks is the wrong way to go about it - it is like an arms race - you got a 1/2 ton, I will do a 3/4, and so on. Vehicles get bigger and bigger.
This makes the road less safe for others who choose to drive smaller cars for one, and consume more fuel is the other. We don't need hybrids at all, if everyone who does not need a truck regularly (eh, can I say 80%+ of pickup commuters?), opt to drive a mid size sedan.
I get scared when I see someone driving a suburban, yapping on the cell, and drifting left and right on the interstate. Sure she/he is safe if an accident happens so she/he is relaxed. What about the defensive driver she/he hits in that little car whose only sin is trying to save a few bucks on gasoline and/or have more concern with the environment?
Can we say selfish?
Corolla is a bit of surprise, though.quote:
IIHS would be a better source, because it seems less sparing of its worst marks than NHTSA.
It seems every vehicle made by Geo gets "Poor" or "Marginal" ratings.quote:
Overall Ratings - SafeCarGuide.com evaluates all the available data (US, Europe, Japan, Austrailia) on a specific vehicle and assigns it 1 of 5 possible performance ratings based on data contained in the first 12 categories shown above. The overall rating is not simply an average of the other scores, because certain categories count more from a safety point of view.
IIHS - Death Rates
Driver Death Rates - The IIHS (United States) and ANCAP (Australia) review government data on deaths in motor vehicle accidents and compile a Driver Death Rate report. The relative death rates are good indicators of how insurers will set rates for different vehicles. Insurance companies price coverage by dividing a market into different types of risks based on claims experience and related costs of providing insurance coverage.
moribundman ,quote:
PS: Is the star-rating between different types of vehicles (small, compact, medium, large car, trucks, etc) directly comparable? I doubt it.