http://www.wral.com/automotive/9327643/detail.html

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"Study: Kids More Likely To Be Backed Over By SUVs, Trucks SALT LAKE CITY -- A study released by the University of Utah said children are up to two-and-a-half times more likely to be backed over by a minivan, SUV or truck than by a car. The study found that children are nearly two-and-a-half times more likely to be struck by a van than a car, and 53 percent more likely to be hit by a truck. And the victims are more likely to be severely injured than those backed over by cars. The university said that previous studies had suggested high-profile vehicles produce a large blind spot behind them, but no studies in the United States had attempted to document the rate of injury by type of vehicle. The study used medical records and police reports of back-over injury data for Utah children under age 10 from 1998 to 2003. The findings are being published in the journal Pediatric Emergency Care. According to N. Clay Mann, Ph.D., the study's lead investigator and director of research at the Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, the research showed the importance of educating parents and young children about dangers in the driveway and about establishing rules for safe play. "But there is no substitute for walking behind (or at least looking behind) your vehicle before getting in and putting the car in reverse," Mann said."

I could have told you that to begin with. What a waste of funds.

6/6/2006 1:10:47 PM

Could be like my boy Bran's truck...fucker has a proximity alarm in case you get too close to shit.

It's a Ford F250 Super Duty diesel 4x4.

6/6/2006 1:13:22 PM

DURRRRRRRR

more media bs stating the obvious like its some kind of new revelation

6/6/2006 1:43:11 PM

It's true...

In California, about 8 years ago, a cousin of mine killed her son with her minivan. The little boy, 3 years old, was playing outside and my cousin backed up and it got crushed under the wheel. He died in the Hospital from internal bleeding. It was in the news and stuff. It was pretty sad.

6/6/2006 1:53:22 PM

You're lucky the fastbig one was in the garage.

6/6/2006 2:12:49 PM

OH MY GOD IT IS TRUE!!!

I was even able to replicate these findings in my own experiment...It really is harder to see a kid from a truck than a car!

6/7/2006 2:32:11 AM

what kind of dumbass kid gets hit by any sort of car/suv/anything in the first place?

unless we're talking deaf/blind kids...

my mom's in germany right now and she rented a nice brand new 530i and it has this perimeter alarm that beeps and tells you WARNING (achtung, hee), when you're backing up too close to another car...
She is so impressed, she wants a new one now.

6/7/2006 10:51:08 AM

^^which one made the most awesome crunching sound?

6/7/2006 11:06:37 AM

^^^ you should have gotten the grant money to do it. You could have finished the report in one day instead of a few years.

6/7/2006 1:18:34 PM

perhaps also.... people who have kids have vehicles that are bigger...


useless study.

6/9/2006 12:57:58 AM

omg... you can't see well and they roll

6/9/2006 2:49:50 AM