It all depends on where you're sitting:

In a pro-SUV Op-Ed in the New York Times, Woody Hochswender writes:

... if some drunken driver veers across the center divider — a situation I have no control over — I would prefer that my 9-year-old and I not be inside a Corolla.       ... S.U.V.'s are safer in many situations than cars.

But that's only one case (drunken driver in sedan, family in SUV). How about:

... if some drunken driver veers across the center divider — a situation I have no control over — I would prefer that the drunk driver not be inside an SUV.       ... S.U.V.'s are more dangerous in many situations than cars.

posted by Quiddity at 2/16/2003 07:28:00 AM