Is my S.U.V. a smashing machine?

• Author: Klosterman, Chuck
• Position: The Ethicist - Sport utility vehicles - Brief article

Some people say they want big cars so that if they get into an accident, they'll be the ones doing the smashing rather than being smashed. Is that unethical?--Lyndsee, Fairfax, Virginia

THESE PEOPLE aren't getting massive S.U.V.s to intentionally crash into and damage cars. They're saying that if they do get into an accident--which they obviously don't want--they'd prefer to be as...