Re:Tesla footage of braking before crash ahead [video]
by loeg on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @02:16PM
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> What's horribly unsafe to everyone is passenger cars built on truck frames.
Have any examples? The vast majority of new SUVs (which the one in this incident appears to be) are unibody rather than body-on-frame ("truck frame" style).
Re:Tesla footage of braking before crash ahead [video]
by pacificmint on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @07:56PM
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> Have any examples? The vast majority of new SUVs [...] are unibody rather than body-on-frame
Apparently there are 18 models of Body-On-Frame SUVs that are being sold in the US in 2016:
Cadillac Escalade
Cadillac Escalade ESV
Chevrolet Suburban
Chevrolet Tahoe
Ford Expedition
GMC Yukon
GMC Yukon XL
Infiniti QX80
Jeep Wrangler
Land Rover LR4 *
Lexus GX460
Lexus LX570
Lincoln Navigator
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Nissan Armada
Toyota 4Runner
Toyota Land Cruiser
Toyota Sequoia
Re:Tesla footage of braking before crash ahead [video]
by loeg on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @10:13PM
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Any idea which of those are "passenger cars built on truck frames?" I am not sure if OP is talking about all body-on-frame SUVs or just a subset.
Re:Tesla footage of braking before crash ahead [video]
by brianwawok on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @08:51PM
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Those are mostly the biggest ones. Maybe 25% of market at best?
We did a lot of safety research before buying our current round of cars, and you need to not generalize about cars based on classifications like "SUV". Look at actual data from actual cars on actual roads, e.g.
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/driver-death-rates
Note that you can find vehicles like the Honda Pilot that are enormously popular and have in effect ZERO fatalities. What's horribly unsafe to everyone is passenger cars built on truck frames.