Improving vehicle safety and increasing driver training go hand in hand. I\'ve heard extremists on both sides say that we need only one, and we should forget about the other. I do not agree.
In my opinion, SUVs are inherently less safe than other vehicles due to their higher center of gravity, increased mass, and reduced stopping distance. In spite of that, drivers would have not problems if they fully understood the characteristics of the vehicle they\'re driving, and didn\'t try to drive a Cadillac Escalade like it was a Ford Festiva.
People are dumb and we need to protect them from themselves, but we also need to teach these idiots how to drive.