Showing posts with label IIHS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IIHS. Show all posts

February 16, 2009

Just how safe is your pickup truck?



Bigger is better, when it comes to crashes. A basic tenet of physics that for years has sold big, burly pickups as the "safer" alternative to mid-size sedans. But, as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety discovered, many of today's full-size pickups flunk the side impact crash test, a feat those wimpy sedans manage with ease.

So just how safe is yours?