Congress, Toyota, and CAFE Standards - Scott Strzelczyk, The American Thinker

According to a 2006 report by Ryan Bilas of the National Center for Public Policy Researchseveral studies demonstrate the cost in human lives due to CAFE standards:

• According to a 2001 National Academy of Sciences panel, smaller and lighter vehicle production resulted in an additional 1,300 to 2,600 traffic fatalities in 1993.
• A 1999 USA Today analysis of crash data found that since CAFE went into effect in 1978, 46,000 people died in crashes they otherwise would have survived. That equates to roughly 7,700 deaths for every mile per gallon gained in fuel economy standards.
• A 1989 Harvard-Brookings study estimated CAFE to be responsible for 2,200 to 3,900 excess occupant deaths over ten years. It also estimated between 11,000 and 19,500 occupants would suffer serious injury due to these standards.
• The same study found CAFE has resulted in a 500 pound weight reduction on the average car.
• Lastly, passengers in smaller, lighter cars die at a rate 12 times that of people driving larger, heavier cars.

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