IIHS Does A Study To Determine If A Big SUV Will Harm Pedestrians More Than A Smaller Car In An Accident

From the “No Shit” files comes a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. In it, researchers reach an obvious conclusion that should surprise no one: tall, blunt-faced vehicles are far more likely to damage your sensitive, delicate body than low-riding passenger cars.

Pick that jaw up off the floor.

Analyzing car-pedestrian collisions from three Michigan cities, the takeaway was clear. That marauding Lexus LX 470 is far more likely to do damage to your internal organs (and the bits and piece surrounding them) than, say, a 2008 Honda Civic.

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dlin - 6/16/2020 3:47:02 PM

+3 Boost

Some huge SUV are basically Light Tactical Vehicles

MDarringer - 6/16/2020 4:03:23 PM

+2 Boost

More bullshit data fabrication from the puppet group owned by the insurance companies and overseen by no one.

TomM - 6/16/2020 7:47:27 PM

+2 Boost

Decades ago - when I was in College - we did a study to see if Ducks would gain weight if fed more food. While it seems to be a stupid study (most animals will only overeat so much or not at all rather than eat until they are immobil) - it actually proved a characteristic of Ducks that was not previously PROVEN.

Without having real proof - there will always be someone who will question what seems like an obvious result = so lots of such studies are done by students to at least provide support for the result. While this study is even more obvious than that of the Ducks - as long as there are idiots in higher positions - there will always be a need for such studies.