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BL
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1021177
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b775547
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| Main Entry
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Bradsher, Keith.
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| Title & Author
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High and mighty : : SUVs-- the world's most dangerous vehicles and how they got that way /\ Keith Bradsher.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Public Affairs,, ©2002.
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xxi, 468 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1586481231
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: 1586482033
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: 9781586481230
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: 9781586482039
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Early rumblings -- Reviving a corpse -- Creating the Ford Explorer -- Paving the road to ever bigger SUVs -- The SUV economy -- Reptile dreams -- The myth of four-wheel-drive safety -- Rollovers -- Kill rates -- The SUV insurance subsidy -- Trouble for cities -- Global warming, gasoline mileage, and a gentlemen's agreement -- Seducing the press -- The green prince -- The Ford Explorer- Firestone Tire debacle -- The next drivers of SUVs -- Crossover utilities -- The Schwarzenegger dividend -- The triumph of SUVs -- Finding a way out.
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| Abstract
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The Detroit bureau chief of "The New York Times" exposes the dangers posed to the people who drive SUVs and the drivers who must share the road with them, tracing the vehicle's history, environmental impact, and crashworthiness.
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Automobile industry and trade-- United States.
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Consumer protection.
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Sport utility vehicles-- Crashworthiness.
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Automobile industry and trade.
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Consumer protection.
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Auto-industrie.
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Terreinauto's.
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Veiligheid.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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629.2/31
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| LC Classification
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TL230.5.S66B73 2002
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| NLM classification
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55.21bcl
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