>
> Small Pickups Do Poorly in Tests
> .....
> I learned a long time ago that to get a decent vehicle, you go the
> opposite of what Consumer Distorts says, this applies to anything else
> they report on. In my opinion,this is the opening shots in the war to
> get rid of these terrible SUVs, and light trucks that are terrorizing
> the people who drive Civics and the like. The facts that exist do not
> fit their agenda, so they have to make ones.
>
> 2. Where is the statistical data, ie. repeteat tests? It would seem that
> the Insurance Industry tests only sample one of each vehicle. A
> scientific testing methodology does not make conclusions based on a
> single test. What if the dummy was defective, not securely fastened,
> sensors were improperly placed, the vehicle used had a structural
> defect,... Multiple tests are typically used to rule out such anomolies
> ----------
> I couldn't agree more.
>
> I watched the whole program on the tests. They started by building up concern
> over the fact that these trucks use a FRAME and not unibody construction. !!
> They continued to point out that cars aren't built this way. Well, not any more.
> They continued to bring this up, sort of like if you tell a lie so many times it
> becomes accepted as truth.
>
> Testing one vehicle and drawing conclusions, I think, is very unscientific and
> misleading. The first vehicle tested appeared to cause the most injury, yet it
> was rated the best. ?? The wheel hitting the solid cement dissappeared into the
> cabin! Not so on the Dak.
>
> The whole program seemed to be a push for allowance in hiking truck insurance
> rates, and pushing the insurance industries agenda in terms of the recent
> "problem" with trucks causing more damage to cars than car to car collisions.
>
> What about pitting the trucks against what they claim to be the safest cars?
> I'll take my BODY ON FRAME vehicles in a collision rather than any unibody car
> any day.
> --
> David Brown Mailto:dbrown@mh1.mcis.uchicago.edu
>
Couldn't of said it better myself David, I agree completely.. I would
rather be in a vehicle with a FRAME anyday, I just like the idea if having
thick beams of steel beneath me if I'm in a wreck...
Bruce
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