FAKTAA SUVin turvattomuudesta (otan U.S:n iso autokanta!)

Faktaa niille jotka eivät usko, isosta maasta jossa laaja otanta:

http://www.consumersunion.org/rollover/faq.html
*** KAATUNUT SUVI OSALLISENA VAIN KOLMESSA PROSENTISSA ONNETOMUUKSIA, MUTTA AIHEUTTAA KUITENKIN N. KOLMASOSAN KAIKISTA KUOLONUHREISTA!! TÄSSÄ FAKTAA. REPIKÄÄ SIITÄ ***
Though rollovers are relatively rare events, they are particularly deadly when they do occur. Overall, rollover affects about three percent of passenger vehicles involved in crashes, but represents nearly 1/3 of all occupant fatalities each year. For example, in 2001, 10,138 people died in rollover crashes, which represents 32 percent of passenger vehicle occupant deaths for the year.

Sixty-one percent of all occupant fatalities in sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and 45% of pickup truck deaths were the result of a rollover crash. By contrast, 22% of passenger car fatalities in 2002 were the result of a rollover crash. The estimated risk of rollover differs depending on the type of vehicle. 10% of cars and 10% of vans in single vehicle crashes rolled over, compared to 18% of pickup trucks and 27% of SUVs.

KIA Sportagella on kyseenalainen maine vaarallisena:
http://www.vehicle-injuries.com/sportage-rollover.htm
*** Vuonna 2005 julkistetusta U.S vakuutusviranomaisen raporista käy ilmi, 4 oviseen Kia Sportage kohdistui mittavälillä 1999 ja 2002 toiseksi suurin määrä kuljettajan kuolemia vrt. 47 aineistossa verrattuun SUViin... Jokainen suomentakoon kokonaan ***

In 2005, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety issued a report finding that the four-door, two-wheel drive Kia Sportage made between 1999 and 2002 had the second highest rate of driver death of the 47 SUVs profiled in the study. The four-door, four-wheel drive Sportage had the sixth highest death rate.

The reason SUVs -- and also pickups -- are more likely to rollover in a collision, sudden movement or accident as compared to most cars and station wagons is that SUVs have a higher center of gravity. SUVs ride higher from the ground than passenger cars. While rollovers represent about 3% of all crashes in the U.S., almost 33% of total deaths on highways occur in rollover crashes.
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