SUVs - unsafe at any speed?

I thought people justified gas-guzzling SUVs because of their safety (ignoring any penis-size insecurity issues). Do you think most cars would flip over after being hit by a smaller vehicle?

The Subaru:

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hit the BMW, which flipped over:

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Quoting the Newsday article:

Two women walking along Queens Boulevard were crushed yesterday when a sport utility vehicle struck by another car careened, flipped and slammed into them, police said.

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Witnesses said the 1:20 p.m. accident began when a 63-year-old man in a Subaru Forester stopped, then drove through a red light on 78th Avenue at Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills, police said.

The Subaru smashed into a BMW SUV driven westbound on the boulevard's service road by a 37-year-old man, police said, causing the BMW to veer out of control and overturn.

but barry, don't you realize that they needed an s.u.v. to drive across the rugged terrain and over the cliffs of queens boulevard?

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Published on July 11, 2003 12:10 PM.

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