"Paul Dormer" wrote in message
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"They make an entirely unnecessary contribution to one of the biggest
environmental problems we face - global warming - and there's a huge
and unacknowledged health crisis which results from vehicle
emissions."

"They sell themselves as the vehicle version of a gated community,
intended to make people feel safe, when in fact they're a greater
danger to pedestrians, other road users and the drivers themselves."

" According to a study by the US Insurance Institute for Highway
Safety there are many more deaths from crashes involving SUVs than in
any other vehicles."

"For all crashes between cars and pickups or cars and SUVs, people in
cars are about four times more likely to die than people inside
pickups or SUVs," the report concludes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4043959.stm

Ban those unsafe minicars!