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more_legal_areas suvSUV ratings have received poor test results in many areas of safety over the years despite the fast growing popularity of the oversized vehicles. As one of the most popular vehicles in the U.S. today, consumers do not seem to be deterred by the dangers the vehicles pose or by the different SUV ratings carmakers have been given. The high number of SUV rollover accidents resulting fatal outcomes does not just threaten the safety of the vehicle''s occupants, but to anyone on the roads. The large size of an SUV makes a regular or smaller sized vehicle at a much higher risk to suffer serious injury and death, as well as vehicular and property damage.
In January 2003, after much pressure from consumer groups, regulators finally announced they were looking into changes in vehicle designs in order to increase safety SUV ratings. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration head said that SUV rollover prevention was going to be among his top priorities, but Public Citizen consumer group is still not satisfied by the changes that have been promised implemented. According to the watchdog group, the industry admission of the dangers of SUVs and attempts to improve SUV ratings is long overdue but will not be adequate through a voluntary safety program.
Instead, the consumer group believes while it is positive that automakers acknowledge the need to improve SUV ratings, the voluntary program is a diversion tactic so that federal regulation and standards will not be implemented. In the past, voluntary industry safety standards have not worked, mainly because automakers are able to write their own protocols on their own terms that will be unenforceable and the company could choose to abandon them at any time. The NHTSA head stressed thinking twice before buying an SUV, with special consideration of the particular SUV ratings for the model type.
A California court of appeals ordered Ford Motor Company to pay a jury award of $82.6 million to a woman left paralyzed after a rollover accident in 2002.
In June 2004, Benetta Buell-Wilson and her husband were awarded $369 million, including ...
The first Congress attempt to mandate a standard for SUV rollover protection was in the mid-1980s right after SUVs began to grow in popularity. The auto industry has been able to block any SUV rollover standard thus far, though pressure for congressio...
A San Diego County jury awarded $369 million to a woman left paralyzed when her Ford Explorer rolled over, marking one of the largest personal-injury awards ever against an automaker.
Benetta Buell-Wilson was awarded $246 million in puniti...