Category: Toyota Yaris

Small Cars Are Dangerous Cars – Fuel economy zealots can kill you!

DANGER – Safety vs. car weight issue seen as largely ignored. In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal (4/17), Sam Kazman, general counsel of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, writes, “The super-high efficiency minicar has become the Holy Grail for many environmentalists,” but an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) study found that minis offer…

ACCIDENT IN A SMART CAR, TOYOTA YARIS, HONDA FIT? – Florida residents and people across the United States may be at RISK FOR SERIOUS INJURY!

Recently, network news has been covering microcars’ poor safety rating. Television coverage of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s poor rating given to microcars during crashes with large vehicles. www.iihs.org/video.aspx/releases/pr041409 All three major networks ran segments on the story. NBC Nightly News (4/14, story) Williams reported, “Saving money, saving the environment, by driving one of…