SUVs Not Safer Than Passenger Cars for Kids, Study Finds
National News • January 3, 2006
New research from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, shows that children riding in SUVs have similar injury risks to children who ride in passenger cars. The study, published today in the ...
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Subject: Junk Science
Posted On: January 4, 2006, 7:02 am CST
Posted By: Rob
Comment:
So the real difference between rate of injury in properly restrained children in car vs. SUV is 1% (2% in cars, 3% in SUV). That seems statistically insignificant to me, especially given the myriad variables that this "study" can't possibly control for or even have data on (like driver error, which is a significant contributing factor to almost any rollover, SUV or otherwise).
From what I learned in physics, there is safety in mass, and all other things being equal, the big guy always wins.
I wonder how much StateFarm's policy holders paid for this one?
Subject: Junk Science
From what I learned in physics, there is safety in mass, and all other things being equal, the big guy always wins.
I wonder how much StateFarm's policy holders paid for this one?