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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:00 AM

Auto safety for dummies

Critics who whine Obama is outlawing big cars for dangerous compacts are riding shotgun with empty barrels.
By Katharine Mieszkowski

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  • Monday, June 15, 2009 08:59 PM

    Invite Adrian Lund to respond

    The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a respected organization with highly qualified researchers and engineers, and a reputation for scholarly rigor.

    I hope you will invite Dr. Lund to respond, because even if wise public policy calls for smaller cars, the loss of protection provided by greater physical mass is real and will have to be coped with realistically.

    —Rogermac Read Rogermac's other letters

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