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New epidemic - SUV backover deaths of children
"laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE" > wrote in message ... > SUV backover deaths: What can be done? > > http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/tipsan...ver/index.html > > Drivers unaware of rear blindspots accidentally backing over more > small children, experts say. > November 4, 2005; Posted: 5:23 p.m. EST (2223 GMT) > > > 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. |
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