SUVs not as safe as believed?

Rollovers, side crashes - what's next?

“The performance of some of these models in the side test was surprising,” said David Zuby, the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety's senior vice president. “SUVS should have an advantage in side crashes because the driver and passengers ride higher up than in cars.”

“People often think they’re safer in one of these vehicles, but many cars hold up better than some of these midsize SUVs in this test,” he said.

Not only might America be safer if we downsized our vehicles, but simply downsizing could have a huge effect on foreign oil dependency and pollution.