Great article. This is a
Great article. This is a story that should be told more often and more loudly. One thing many people may not realize is that the 5-Star safety ratings and other such approvals by the IIHS and NHTSA are all relative to other vehicles in that class (size) of car. It might make sense for there to be an added test crashing the cars tested into a pickup like the Ford F-150 or Chevy Silverado, which sell in the 2,000,000 or 3,000,000 or so range each year and is still the leading selling vehicle type in both the US and Canada. To its credit the IIHS did model its side impact test after a pickup coming through the driver's side door and window. A sober driver is statistically much more likely to die in a vehicle to vehicle crash than a crash off the road.