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Fat Cars: Report Reveals What We Already Know About Vehicle Weight

The Truth About Cars

Just about every modern vehicle outweighs its ancestors by a staggering amount and a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) study has claimed that an extra 1,000 pounds increases the chance of crash fatalities between vehicles by 47 percent. Novel safety requirements also contribute to this trend.

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