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Losing weight to save lives: a review of the role of automobile weight and size in traffic fatalities

Ross et al., 2001

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14069285612758468870
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Ross M
Wenzel T
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Critics of higher fuel economy standards for vehicles have long argued that improving vehicle fuel economy will require reducing vehicle weight, and that would result in an increase in the number of fatalities from vehicle crashes. Several researchers have …
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