Word: bradsher
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...first blush, then, the SUV war looks like a fight between two groups of elites--the overeducated vs. the overcompensated, the Whole Foods crowd vs. the Outback Steakhouse crowd, New York Times people vs. Wall Street Journal people. Keith Bradsher, a Times reporter, wrote High and Mighty, a book published in September that calls SUVs "the world's most dangerous vehicles." Recently columnist David Brooks attacked Bradsher in the Journal for his "broad generalizations about people's souls on the basis of what car they drive...
...important not to make too much of market research. Bradsher's book boldly says industry data have shown that SUV buyers "tend to be more restless, more sybaritic and less social than most Americans. They tend to like fine restaurants a lot more than off-road driving, seldom go to church and have limited interest in volunteer work." But Bradsher admits SUV buyers don't necessarily have all those traits; they are just more likely to have them than minivan owners. Last week Kelley Blue Book, an auto-information company, released a survey of new-vehicle buyers who had visited...
...buyers have the information they need to assume that responsibility? Bradsher documents other surprising SUV safety concerns. For instance, 2003 is the first year that SUVs must meet the same brake regulations as cars; many earlier SUVs that are still on the road have less-sophisticated brakes. What's more, by their nature, SUVs are heavy, which means they are harder to maneuver...