I saw this story on the news |removethispart|@ noon today too. It was rediculous.  They had opened the story with "A new study shows that smaller vehicles are |removethispart|@ risk from accidents w/ larger vehicles like SUVs." When did common sense ideas become news?  

This is part of the reason why my wife and I decided to get rid of her Escort with our third child on the way and get an XL-7.  She's getting used to it now and even admits that its nice to be the same height as everybody else.  At least there's a fighting chance if your in a reck.

do you think an exo cage would provide much protection to a samurai for collisions on the road? I need to prove to my parents that 86 samurais are safe  :-/

Vehicles aren't safe, DRIVERS are safe - or not.

Let's face it - anything you can hurl down the road at 80 MPH into a bridge abutment is only as safe as the operator makes it.

When did common sense ideas become news?  

When it stopped being common...

i know its only as safe as the driver is but sometimes you cant control how other idiots drive. and lets face it, a samurai is like a little tin box. but do you think an exo cage would help at all in perhaps a T bone crash.

aginst another samuri mabie but aginst a jacked f-350 you couldnt build a x-0 cage that is strong enough. as long as there is big cars and little cars this problem goes on. does that mean that i am going to drive the same thing as everyone else just so its FAIR, HELL NO. the answer is___ people are meant to die ,when your time comes it doesent matter weather you are confronted by a f-350 or old age. if you are scared of death then you better wrap yourself with pillows and stay the hell home, and even then good luck!

fate is___fate

jason

the answer is___ people are meant to die ,when your time comes it doesent matter weather you are confronted by a f-350 or old age. if you are scared of death then you better wrap yourself with pillows and stay the hell home, and even then good luck!

fate is___fate

jason

Jeeze... No more of that sunshine, puppy-dogs, and lolly-pops kind of talk... Please....

-Eric

With this logic, everyone should run out and buy something bigger.  This would make our roads safer, right?

The problem with this type of logic is that they overlook the fact that "small" is relative.

For example, if everyone drove go carts, a samurai would be the biggest, therefore the "safest" thing on the road.  

As giant SUVs become the norm in this country, all vehicles become relatively smaller.  Cars that were "normal sized" 20 years ago have become tiny compared to a Ford Excursion or a H2.

What about small versus large.  About 10 years ago we had Toyota Corrolla broadside a Pierce firetruck at 45 mph. Obviously,  the Corrolla lost but, it did total the firetruck by rolling it onto its side. The four fireman weren't real thrilled either.