Displaying 1 of 1 2002 Format: Book Author: Bradsher, Keith. Title: High and mighty : SUVs-- the world's most dangerous vehicles and how they got that way / Keith Bradsher. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Public Affairs, ©2002. Description: xxi, 468 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: 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. Subjects: Sport utility vehicles -- Crashworthiness. Consumer protection. Automobile industry and trade -- United States. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: 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. LCCN: 2002028722 ISBN: 1586481231 9781586481230 1586482033 9781586482039 Other Number: 50253173 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 121412 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 629.231 Bradsher Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
