Suv: Safe or Not?

SUV: Safe or Not?

There were more than 246 million vehicles in the U.S. at the end of 2009, and 80% people of America had their cars. The rate was higher than any other countries in the world. The number of the fatalities of car accidents gradually decreased in the past years. The number showed that American might be a safe country for driving. However, American is not the safest country in the world, and driving safely can be improved to make a better traffic.

In Hal R. Varian's piece, there is one data telling us about number of people died in the car accident had raised on 2002. And in Bethany Royce's article, Royce states that when the number of death raised from 1992 to 2002, the number of the SUV sold also raised. Although, it looks like the SUV is the cause of the people's death in the traffic. There are a few different ideas between Varian and Royce's articles, but both authors emphasize that SUV is the major problem of death in car accidents.

In the piece "The True Cost of SUVs," published in New York Time, December 18, 2003, the author, Varian, describes that American is not the safest country for traffic because the SUVs and the other large and light trucks are damage other drivers during the traffic. He uses a lot of data from a University of California, San Diego economist, Michelle White. Also, he mentions that the design of the SUV is safety for the SUV drivers and occupants but danger for the small car drivers. So, he supports people driving the regular size car but not the SUV or light truck. However, as high demanded and the social need, people buy the SUV for their variety of reasons, and there is no laws restricting people buying SUVs.

The piece "The True Cost of SUVs" is an informative and formal article. The type of claims is fact. Also, Varian uses many statistics, numbers and examples from Michelle White, for example: in the beginning of the piece, Varian gives us the data about the number of people died during traffic came down from "54,600" in 1972 to "34,900" in 1992, but rise up to "38,300" in 2002 (238).

In Royce's article "The True Confusion about SUV Costs" is the objection for the article "The True Cost of SUVs." Royce's use examples from the Varian's article showing us that the examples are not supporting his main idea, and certain examples are not strong enough. Some examples are originally from the Ms. White. Moreover, Varian's conclusion is unclear. After the reader finishing reading, they can't understand the main idea that Varian expresses..

For "The True Confusion about SUV Costs," it is an informal article. It's objection and the style is fact. There is an example from the Varian's one, but disapproving Varian's examples is not great enough to support author's main idea.

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