It is obvious that lighter vehicles to save gasoline or diesel favor . The vehicle weight is directly related to the fuel consumption. The heavier the vehicle, the more fuel it consumes. Recently I was asked about that heavy vehicles are safer and more stable. I have researched this matter, because heavy vehicles fuel economy and increase pollution.
In Focus magazine No. 29 of 1993 a broad-based analysis of accidents has been released. This section of the heavy SUV Nissan Patrol from the heaviest car in the safest. cut on the following sites as less serious types of vehicles safely. According to Focus accident report seems to be the weight only to a certain threshold in the statistics put down.
According to a report of the Swiss Energy Foundation, the 2006 can be a higher vehicle weight, the price of improvements in the areas of security, but it can also result from immature design principles and poor choice of materials to be. "The safety standard of vehicles hardly correlated with the vehicle weight: the very serious off-road vehicles in crash tests often show significantly poorer than current occupant safety midsize car or even small cars. In addition, the risk is other road users (motorists and especially pedestrians) in most cases much higher. "
In the press portal of Renault was praised 2007, the Laguna, which was constructed safe despite lighter weight and achieved regarding passive safety supposedly excellent test results. "The vehicle weight is one of the fundamental factors that affect a vehicle not only on driving pleasure, but also on the security, whether in the active region with a shorter stopping distance, or passively through the automatic reduction of impact energy."
The Research has shown that vehicles can be designed with current knowledge and technology that they can easily and secure. The security depends more on the design and processing of the vehicle as the weight. Extra weight can increase the security risk. With careful selection of the vehicle can drive safely with light vehicles and still save fuel . More tips to save fuel see on the website of Cleaner Globe
Liliane Waldner
