Most dangerous states for pickups and SUV's

BB_TX wrote:
Statistics can be used to get most any desired result. And this one is meaningless without factoring in the percentage of each on the road.

There are liars, damned liars, then there's statistics!

Statistics can be used to get most any desired result. And this one is meaningless without factoring in the percentage of each on the road.

Unless they incorporate the percent breakdown of types of vehicles in each state it is not a study. It is just someone using up the government grant money we all pay.

So true, another often quoted but fake statistic is that women are better/safer drivers than men. However when you rework that to calculate accidents/per mile driven, it turns out men are much safer. In our society women generally pass the driving duties to the men in the group and drive a lot fewer miles total.

Yes, being an Alaskan and owning two pick up trucks and a SUV (no cars), it's no wonder they're involved in more accidents since they account for the majority of the vehicles except maybe for the commuters from the Valley.

One of the reasons for so many trucks and SUVS up here besides winter driving conditions, is it seems like everyone is towing something: contractors, dirt bike, side x sides, 4-wheelers, track rigs, RVs, fire wood, snow machines, boats, and the list goes on.

It's interesting, but really a useless statistic just like the one stating "Most vehicle accidents happen within 20 miles of the home". Considering most of the driving is done within 20 miles of the home, the accidents have to also happen within 20 miles of the home.

Bill