10 best and worst vehicles for preventing passenger injuries

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Even people who know very little about the laws of physics will find few surprises on the 2014 edition of the best and worst cars for preventing passenger injuries, just released by Insure.com.

The 10 best cars for preventing passenger injuries are not cars at all, but large, costly trucks and sport-utility vehicles like theFord F-350 and Cadillac Escalade. The 10 worst cars for preventing passenger injuries fall into precisely the opposite category: small, lightweight cars that stress low prices and fuel economy.

Insure.com analyzed insurance rates for Personal Injury Protection (PIP) and Medical Payments (MedPay) – the coverage that pays for injuries to your passengers in a crash. Using insurance rates for more than 750 vehicles in our annual car insurance comparison study, we identified the vehicles with the lowest and highest costs for PIP and MedPay coverage.
 
Size matters mostHeavier vehicles more effectively protect passengers, says Russ Rader, spokesman for the Arlington, Va.-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. In a head-on crash between a lighter and heavier vehicle, the heavier vehicle will drive the lighter one backwards, increasing the forces on the occupants in the light vehicle and reducing forces on the occupants in the heavier one.

The Ford F-350 weighs 3 tons, nearly three times what a Toyota Yaris weighs.

In crashes with roadside objects, such as trees or poles, it's more likely that a heavier vehicle will be able to move the object, reducing the severity of the crash for the occupants.

In addition, larger vehicles have more "crush space" in the front end, which means it takes longer for the vehicle to come to a complete stop in the crash. This helps an occupant ride down the crash over a longer period, reducing the severity of the impact on the body.
 
一长辈开yaris,去多伦多都是走7号路去的,说是根本开不过100就开始飘。后来有一次赶时间,出发前先上沃尔玛买了10多瓶洗衣液放车座上才敢上401
 
一长辈开yaris,去多伦多都是走7号路去的,说是根本开不过100就开始飘。后来有一次赶时间,出发前先上沃尔玛买了10多瓶洗衣液放车座上才敢上401
你不是卖Toyota得马?还扎自己招牌?
 
heavy duty 都出来了,怎么不列各种拖车头呢?
小车灵活性强也能避开事故。
 
一长辈开yaris,去多伦多都是走7号路去的,说是根本开不过100就开始飘。后来有一次赶时间,出发前先上沃尔玛买了10多瓶洗衣液放车座上才敢上401

我也走hwy 7啊,风景秀丽沿途还能到小镇吃点非垃圾食品。下午起床出发到多伦多刚好能避开高峰期。

416 & 401是一大早赶路用的。
 
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