Our sense was that most people have been assuming they were safer - and, frankly, we were, too.

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There's no net advantage for kids in SUVs than kids in passenger cars. I suspect that will run counter to most peoples' assumptions.

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Children riding in SUVs were no safer in crashes than those riding in passenger cars.

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In 1999 ... booster seats were used by only 5 percent of 4- to 8-year-olds. By the middle of last year, that figure stood at just over 30 percent. That is great news. But there remains much room for improvement.

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It's not that SUVs are bad. It's just that the evidence is not so clear that they are obviously superior.

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We assumed, as I think most consumers do, that because of the larger size and heavier weight of the SUVs, that they would naturally be safer.

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How we square that is the potential safety advantage of the added size and weight appears to be offset by the rollover risk.

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