Re: Murano safety.

"willshak" <willshak@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:13s879tol541h15@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (US) had certified the 
> 2009 Nissan Murano as the safest mid-sized SUV.
> http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr022608.html

You do not have this right. The 2009 Murano was the safest of the nine 
SUVs in a particular test group. IIHS did not "certified it as the 
safest mid-sized SUV." It was classified as a "Top Safety Pick" but it 
is not unique in this classification among mid-sized SUVs. Even this 
rating is based on IIHS's very specific tests and has nothing to do 
with real world performance. It is often the case that IIHS "Top 
Safety Picks" don't have particularly good injury loss ratings (see 
http://www.iihs.org/research/hldi/composite_cls.aspx?cls=8
).

See http://www.iihs.org/ratings/summary.aspx?class=55
. It appears to 
me that there were at least 7 mid-sized SUVs that were rated better 
than the Murano by IIHS. In fact it was listed 8th out of 9 mid-sized 
SUVs that qualified as "Top Safety Picks.":

The im****tant thing to remember is that the IIHS works for the 
insurance industry, not consumers. They are more than willing to try 
and force you to pay for marginally effective (and often ineffective) 
safety devices if they feel it may save their Customers (the Insurance 
Industry) a few dollars. As a result of the IIHS efforts Consumers are 
being forced to spend billions on marginally effective safety devices.

Ed