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pjc50
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Car industry 'buried report revealing US car safet...
The US fleet tends to be heavier on average, surely? More SUVs/light trucks, larger vehicles in general.
jessaustin
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Crash survival depends on the dissipation of kinetic energy into the structures of the vehicle rather than the structures of the human body. Even in well-designed vehicles, more kinetic energy means more danger.
sokoloff
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Which means that your opposing/counterpart vehicle in the accident is also heavier.
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