New epidemic - SUV backover deaths of children

"laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE" > wrote in message
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> SUV backover deaths: What can be done?
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> http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/tipsan...ver/index.html
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> Drivers unaware of rear blindspots accidentally backing over more
> small children, experts say.
> November 4, 2005; Posted: 5:23 p.m. EST (2223 GMT)
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> NEW YORK (CNN) - One thing many SUV buyers like about their vehicles
> is the increased visibility. They feel like they can see farther down
> the road over the roofs of other cars. But that long-distance line of
> sight comes at a price that can be tragic.
>
> What SUV drivers can't see is what's close behind them and, when
> backing out of a driveway or parking spot, that could be a person. In
> many cases, it's a small child.
>
> More than 2,400 children are backed-up over every year in the United
> States. Of those, about 100 are killed. In most cases, those children
> are run over by a parent or other relative.
>

That is truly useless. That paragraph does not say SUV's are doing it. It is
saying all vehicles, including trucks, contributed to those totals.