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In 1980, only 1 percent of new passenger vehicles sold in the United States were Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs). Today that number has increased to 20%. Their rise in popularity is due to their ability to combine large load hauling with passenger carrying. Many SUVs are also equipped with features such as towing and off road driving. SUVs also allow drivers to see the roadways from a higher perspective than the compact passenger cars.
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In 1980, only 1 percent of new passenger vehicles sold in the United States were Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs). Today that number has increased to 20%. Their rise in popularity is due to their ability to combine large load hauling with passenger carrying. Many SUVs are also equipped with features such as towing and off road driving. SUVs also allow drivers to see the roadways from a higher perspective than the compact passenger cars.3
Many people are attracted to SUVs because larger, heavier vehicles have increased collision protection. While today’s SUVs vary significantly in size, they are all approximately 4000 pounds more than compact passenger cars. Many people think an SUV is safer because it is heavier. A larger vehicle will fare better in a collision. In addition to the weight disparity, SUVs are built stronger than the ordinary passenger car. They are built with stiffer frame rails that ride higher off the road than most passenger car chassis. Smaller compact cars are built today with unibody frames, which means there is a small frame in the front and rear of the vehicle, but no frame in the middle. SUV frames are built from the front bumper to the rear bumper giving them more stability.
Many people are attracted to SUVs because larger, heavier vehicles have increased collision protection. While today’s SUVs vary significantly in size, they are all approximately 4000 pounds more than compact passenger cars. Many people think an SUV is safer because it is heavier. A larger vehicle will fare better in a collision. In addition to the weight disparity, SUVs are built stronger than the ordinary passenger car. They are built with stiffer frame rails that ride higher off the road than most passenger car chassis. Smaller compact cars are built today with unibody frames, which means there is a small frame in the front and rear of the vehicle, but no frame in the middle. SUV frames are built from the front bumper to the rear bumper giving them more stability.4
Sport Utility Vehicles pose a greater threat to smaller compact passenger vehicles during multiple vehicle collisions. Studies by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show that passengers and drivers in passenger cars are 25 times more likely to be killed when their vehicles are struck in the side by SUVs than by other passenger cars.
Sport Utility Vehicles pose a greater threat to smaller compact passenger vehicles during multiple vehicle collisions. Studies by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show that passengers and drivers in passenger cars are 25 times more likely to be killed when their vehicles are struck in the side by SUVs than by other passenger cars.5
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Many experts feel that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should enforce some type of standard that would force automakers to make SUVs more compatible with smaller cars. Some suggestions would be to reduce the weight of the SUVs and lower their chassis.
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Many experts feel that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should enforce some type of standard that would force automakers to make SUVs more compatible with smaller cars. Some suggestions would be to reduce the weight of the SUVs and lower their chassis.6
General Motors has tried to address the crash compatibility problem by keeping the chassis and bumper systems on their SUVs as low as practicable. Ford is doing the same thing and has developed a blocker beam to make their SUVs less dangerous to smaller cars. The blocker beam is a heavy steel beam that extends downward from the front of the chassis and is designed to prevent Ford’s larger vehicles from overriding the energy absorbing frame rails of smaller passenger cars. This blocker beam helps the larger and smaller vehicles be more crash compatible.
General Motors has tried to address the crash compatibility problem by keeping the chassis and bumper systems on their SUVs as low as practicable. Ford is doing the same thing and has developed a blocker beam to make their SUVs less dangerous to smaller cars. The blocker beam is a heavy steel beam that extends downward from the front of the chassis and is designed to prevent Ford’s larger vehicles from overriding the energy absorbing frame rails of smaller passenger cars. This blocker beam helps the larger and smaller vehicles be more crash compatible.7
While the Insurance Institute applauds General Motors and Ford’s efforts to increase crash compatibility between SUVs and compact cars, they hope that automakers will continue to search for new innovative ideas to increase safety.
While the Insurance Institute applauds General Motors and Ford’s efforts to increase crash compatibility between SUVs and compact cars, they hope that automakers will continue to search for new innovative ideas to increase safety.
Add something with a little more “POW!!!” something that will hook the reader more. I think that will help the reader stay more interested in the paper.
I am confused about the problem in this paper. At first it is like your saying we have too many SUVs, but in the second paragraph im not sure if you are saying SUVs are too big or Compact cars are too small. You say, “larger vehicles will fare better in a collision,” are larger vehicles easily to flip over?
I think you should make this paragraph more clear about what you are talking about.
You need to have a stronger first paragraph maybe start out with a story or a quote. You need something that will draw the reader in and make them want to keep reading. Also make sure you cite stuff in your paper.
I would like to see a little better intro or hook into the paragraph to get a better understanding