Small cars save energy
but are more dangerous
THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1975
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There is a small car in the future
of most people as the result of the
energy crisis, inflation and prop
osed heavy taxes on gasoline and
low-mileage cars.
However, until the ratio of big
cars to small cars greatly decreases,
the compact-car driver is in consid
erable jeopardy according to TAM U
researchers.
Researchers at last year’s 3rd In
ternational Congress on Automo
tive Safety determined the follow
ing:
V In most collisions between
large and small vehicles, the driver
of the large car is at fault.
Mankiewicz
to speak
at TAMU
Frank Mankiewicz, former
George McGovern presidential
campaign director, is to speak at
TAMU in mid-October as a part of
the Political Forum series.
He is to speak on “Liberalism in
Politics.”
Mankiewicz has been in Democ
ratic politics since 1950. He served
in the Peace Corps administration
and was press secretary for Sen.
Robert F. Kennedy.
Last summer, the author-
commentator took part in an exclu
sive interview with Cuban Premier
Fidel Castro. Mankiewicz joined
the McGovern campaign in May
1971.
About the campaign he has com
mented: “I remain immensely
proud of what we did. And as for the
result ... we may have lost the
election, but we re not going to jail.
“American politics does not in
clude any history of our tolerance
for sabotage, espionage, perjury,
forgery or burglary,” Mankiewicz
said in testimony to the Senate
Watergate Committee in 1973.
The fall theme of Political Forum
is “A Look at the American Political
Process. Political Forum will pro
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stall and the public an additional
means of learning the names, per
sonalities and issues of the 1976
general election.
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V Small cars are at a great disad
vantage in colliding with an obsta
cle, such as a highway guardrail,
sign or light pole.
V Small cars, because of their
light weight, boxy shape, higher
center of gravity and narrow wheel
track width, are probably more sub
ject to roll-over than larger cars, but
statistically there is little evidence
that they are more hazardous.
“As long as small vehicles are in
the minority, if they are hit it will
probably be by a larger vehicle,”
said Dr. Don L. Ivey of the Texas
Transportation Institute (TTI).
“That spells real trouble for the
smaller car. However, the actual
vulnerability of small cars is not fully
appreciated. Probabilities of injury
to small car occupants exceed those
of standard vehicle occupants by
two to one, he said.
TTI is working on safer designs
for crash cushions, along with
breakaway signs and luminaire. ->J
However, Ivey notes that not much ^
can be done to make small cars safer
without sacrificing the reason they
exist — better gas mileage.
“Actually, with the trend to larger LL)
trucks, our truck transportation sys-
tern will determine the structure of ^
the highways,” Ivey said. “The most ^
critical thing to realize is a very
greatly increased probability of sur- •
vival if you use seat belts and shoul-
der harness, and doubly so in the
small vehicle.” o
A small car has quicker braking
and steering response than a large '
car, and that helps give the smaller v
vehicle a better chance of recovery
in an emergency. ^
Small-car drivers generally are N
younger (an average of 26 years) "
than drivers of3,000-pound cars (an
average age of 35). That factor helps ^9
reduce the .severity of injury in acci - ^
dents, since younger drivers are
more nearly able to withstand acci-
dent conditions. K
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