Insurance institute sez: heavier is safer

DavinD wrote:
A bit confusing. The bumper height of the F250 and 350 should be identical. Why wouldn't they be 1 and 2? Something doesn't jive.

Maybe.. More F350's are 2wd vs 4wd for the F250? Thats all I could come up with.

fla-gypsy wrote:
What those of us who drive these vehicles intuitively knew already.

Yep.

What those of us who drive these vehicles intuitively knew already.

I am surprised that the Ford Fusion and Toyota Camry made the worst list.

KE = 1/2 m*vsquared

DavinD wrote:
A bit confusing. The bumper height of the F250 and 350 should be identical. Why wouldn't they be 1 and 2? Something doesn't jive.

Thinking the same for a time, but then I thought about the total number of each sold and I figured more F 250's around than F 350's.

A bit confusing. The bumper height of the F250 and 350 should be identical. Why wouldn't they be 1 and 2? Something doesn't jive.

I love my F350 for this very reason.

fj12ryder wrote:
Okay, where's the chart that shows the most likely to be involved in an accident? That's the one I want to see.

That would be Black vehicles:

Link

I couldn't find a list of vehicles but there are some showing that distracted driving- yacking or texting for example are a leading cause. Most seem to be related to failure to yield right of way. The driver not the vehicle is the most important reason for accidents in other words.

2oldman wrote:

agesilaus wrote:
F-350 is the safest vehicle on the road

Huh.. I didn't see any Freightliners in there.

You don't see any Terex Titans on there either...so what?