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SUVs should be outlawed.

SUVs are much bigger, heavier, and use more gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by  than regular cars. When an SUV hits a car, the chances are higher that someone will be killed. And since SUVS have a higher center of gravity, they have a much greater chance of rolling over. SUVs should be outlawed.

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Title Annotation:Letters to the Editor
Author:Pearson, Raleigh
Publication:Junior Scholastic
Article Type:Letter to the Editor
Date:Sep 29, 2003
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