Re:Deathtraps (Score 1)

The hybrids are not death traps. The problem is the propensity of Americans to drive SUVs that they don't need to be driving. A Civic Hybrid against another car of it's own size class will do really well and you won't end up dead in it. The problem is that selfish SUV owners who never take the car off-road and never carry more than two people unfairly change the odds for those of us who want to be conscious of our fossil fuel use -- whether we're in Hybrids or Civics or Corollas or Escorts or whatever. If you've never driven your SUV on a gravel road, then you're selfish and you could do what you need to do with a smaller vehicle than the SUV you're driving.