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Tragic Indifference: One Man's Battle with the Auto Industry over the Dangers of SUVs.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-MAR-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Tragic Indifference: One Man's Battle with the Auto Industry over the Dangers of SUVs.(Book Review)

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Adam L. Penenberg HarperBusiness www.harpercollins.com 342pp., $25.95

Recent publicity about the tax deductions Congress has lavished on purchasers of luxury SUVs underscores the stark irrationality of America's dubious love affair with these behemoths. They are not only fuel-inefficient but also susceptible to tipping over on sharp turns and capable of annihilating passenger cars unlucky enough to get in their way.

Last year's High and Mighty, by Keith Brasher, lobbed a broad-brush indictment at the SUV phenomenon by enumerating and analyzing the entire range of societal ills associated with the vehicles. (See TRIAL, Feb. 2003, at 68.) In Tragic Indifference, investigative journalist Adam Penenberg takes a different tack and examines in meticulous...

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