Russ Rader
Russ Rader
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There are more rollover deaths now than there used to be. And that's entirely due to more SUVs on the road.
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There are two things working against young drivers: inexperience and immaturity. To the extent that you can give teens more time to develop their driving skills and the judgment to counteract their lack of experience the better.
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Yes, men drive more, but our studies show that they're by far the riskier, more dangerous drivers.
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In 2004 we went and observed student parking lots and half the cars were cars the institute does not recommend,
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I don't think their use is widespread enough yet to study.
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Graduated licensing has been the only thing that has worked.
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That, in and of itself, makes it impossible to do a before and after analysis.
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The biggest potential from the standpoint of safety researchers is that we would be able to get much more extensive and potentially more accurate information of what happens in real crashes.
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These numbers are useless in doing a red light camera study.
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These vehicles are among the cream of the crop for mid-sized cars in terms of safety performance.
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Once again, these tests show the importance of side-impact bags. In a head-on crash you have the entire front end of the vehicle to crush and help protect you. In a side crash, there's very little there to absorb the impact, so you are much better protected with side air bags.
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They're more likely than younger drivers to die in their crashes because of their fragility and their age. They're more likely to die in a crash a younger person would survive.
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The research is clear that raising speed limits costs lives. People need to weigh the benefits of getting places faster versus the fact that more people will die in crashes.
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They are very effective. Research around the world shows that they cut down on speeding.