Large SUVs Have a Ways to Go on Safety
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None did well on back-seat protection, and their bulk makes some crashes hard to manage.
None did well on back-seat protection, and their bulk makes some crashes hard to manage.
IIHS, Consumer Reports suggest used and new models with top safety ratings and less room for error, dangerous driving.
Two other models in the automaker’s line fare less well in IIHS crash tests.
IIHS increases requirements for its top awards in challenge to automakers to increase backseat, pedestrian safety.
Training, technology and processes will help windshield, collision and after-market repair centers approach crash-avoidance systems properly.
Follows calls by national safety groups to curb aggressive driving.
IIHS says the new crop largely fit properly, stress importance of boosters to prevent child traffic deaths, which are on the rise.
IIHS testing gives good ratings to just three of eight evaluated.
Coalition says it’s needed to curb speeding ‘epidemic’ causing surge in traffic deaths.
New test shows that rear seats, as in small pickups, offer less protection than front seats.
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