"In the latest crash figures available from 2003, provided by the Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety, there were 142 fatalities per million
registered vehicles for the smallest cars. That figure drops to 108
fatalities for the next larger class of cars. For large sedans, that number
drops to 61 per million. For small SUVs, the figure was 75 deaths per
million as compared with 62 for large SUVs. For pickups, totals increased to
124 per million for small trucks and 102 per million for large."


Technically Mike is right, but the numbers are still so low that even a half
a percent change is not very much.

Secondly, there are more small cars on the road than larger cars.

Furthermore, how many of those accidents are more deadly because a gas
hogging driver, in a large SUV, hits a small car?

So basically what Mike is asking small car owners to do is to accomidate him
because he is a pussy. So instead of buiying a 15 thousand dollar gas saver,
you should buy a 30 thousand dollar SUV (this difference is what Mike calls
"Saving a few bucks vs safety")

This way, Mike does not feel so guilty when he crushes a smaller car with
his Mormon sized family in his Chevy Tahoe!