Date:         Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:17:45 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Snow <slowmachine82@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Snow <slowmachine82@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth?
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On Feb 15, 2009, at 7:34 AM, Poppie Jagersand wrote:

> Both the VW bus and beetle are nr 10 and 4 respectively on the
> deadliest car list, prominently flashed on Yahoo's Canadian home page
> this morning. (maybe time to switch email provider?)
>
> http://ca.autos.yahoo.com/p/1145/deadliest-car-designs
>
> Is there any objective truth to this? I once saw an article that
> despite the obvious challenges in making a forward cab vehicle safe
> in head on collisions, the T3 bus/vanagon is in fact one of the least
> accident prone vehicles in the insurance statistics. Obviously
> accidents are caused by vehicle plus driver. (The no 6, Corvette,
> on the list might have been safer if marketed as an "Oldsmobile" to
> that segment of GM customers.)
>
> My guess is that the list is a product of a clueless journalist
> who did little real research. If someone can find true statistics
> on vehicle models and deaths and then enough of us email Yahoo,
> with these facts maybe they would feel compelled to up their quality
> of journalism?
>
> Martin
>

The original article is from askmen.com, and received boatloads of
negative comments questioning research methods and data.  Must have
been a slow news day.

http://www.askmen.com/top_10/cars/top-10-deadliest-car-designs.html