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  • Essay / Persuasive Essay on Car Safety - 1473

    I think if I were to have a head-on collision with a small car, I could just drive over it. I also think my son is safer in the back seat because of the truck's large bed. I think a large pickup truck is safer than a passenger car based on size alone. As mentioned above, Car and Driver said that a pickup truck's spacious cabin keeps passengers safe. I completely agree with this. The Ford F-250 has such a larger interior that it would take a lot of force in a crash for another vehicle to reach the truck's occupants. According to the website Fleet.ford.com, there is 40.8 inches of headroom in the front seat of the Ford pickup truck. The rear seat has almost the same space at 40.4 inches. Consumerreports.com says a small car like the Chevrolet Cruze has only five inches of headroom in the front seat. Some cars, like sports cars, have even less space. This means that in a collision, the occupant of the car is more likely to suffer a head injury than the occupant of the truck. Legroom in the Ford truck and Chevrolet Cruze is both forty-three inches. Legroom is not as important as headroom, broken legs heal but head injuries can be more complicated. The large body of the Ford pickup truck ensures occupant safety in the event of a rear-end collision. Truck beds can be between six and a half feet and