Reply to USA Today Car Safety Article

[DrG]

Sometime early last week, USAToday ran a story relating car safety to the size of the car. The story pointed out that in an accident, small cars as a group, are not as safe as larger cars. In the Thursday edition, one reader wrote in to say that environmental concerns are more important than any other factor since large cars cause climate change, hurricanes, floods and famines. One reader wrote in to say his Volkswagen Jetta is safe because he walked away after being hit by a motorcycle, and one reader wrote in to say that since small cars are more agile therefore they can weave in and out of traffic and be a smaller target. (Where do they find these people and why don’t they go to work and be useful?) But, here’s the final reply to the story:

The Hummer Stays

My wife and I lease a Hummer H3. We recognize that this is not the best car for the environment, and we take quite a bit of flak from family and friends. Earlier this summer, we thought about terminating the lease early and getting a much smaller, more environmentally friendly car.
Two weeks ago, we were on vacation in Gettysburg, Pa, with our two young children. We were traveling on a state route with a 55 mph speed limit. The kids were in the back in their car seats. As I slowed to make a left hand turn, we were hit by another car. The driver of the other car did not brake, and the car did not stop until making full force contact with our Hummer.
Luckily, all parties survived. Our car took the hit like a tank and received minimal damage. The kids, sleeping in the back seat, did not even wake up. The other car had the entire front destroyed. Emergency workers were amazed at how strong and sturdy the Hummer was.
I know that our large car protected my family. We will be keeping it.
Denny Young
Cleveland

[89vette]

Your right on target. Keep the Hummer and don't drink the liberial enviro-weenie Kool-aid. In 10 years they will be onto something else. Remember the giane hole in the Ozone layer? What ever happened to that? Wasn't that supposed to kill us all by now?

[Agriv8r]

i get one or two of those a month...if you have been in an accident with your hummer, you are a hummer owner for life......17 yr old girl rooled about 7 times, ended up on the roof and walked away....thats worth a tree or two...

[mikejr]

I know I am not willing to reduce my carbon footprint by a few hundred pounds of CO2 to drive some car that when hit by a bicycle either myself or a member of my family gets hurt or killed.

Its a matter of simple physics.....and the age old saying....size matters...especially in a accident....

[devilsfan]

What's the point of saving the environment if you're killed in a car crash before you live long enough to enjoy it?

Stacy

[Agriv8r]

[DrG]

Originally Posted by devilsfan

What's the point of saving the environment if you're killed in a car crash before you live long enough to enjoy it?

From reading their line of bull, it seems these fools think that it's ok if you die in a crash as long as you protected the environment for everybody else. Of course this is coming from the same clown that said Hummers cause famines. Go figure. Talk about idiots in the press, did everyone see this article? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...d=rss.mmorford

This guy has NO FACTS at all to back up his headline. Makes me wonder if H2 sales are down or not. Wouldn't be surprising with the intro of the H3.