"Dylan Smith" wrote in
On 2005-10-03, Matt Whiting wrote:
Yes, it is unfortunate that to the auto crowd, especially folks in
government or the IIHS, that "safety" is defined as "crash worthiness"
rather than "capable of crash avoidance."

It's the Volvo driver effect. In this country, Volvo drivers have a poor
reputation (mainly amongst motorcyclists) for being dangerous drivers.

What happens is a bad driver tends to gravitate towards Volvo cars
because

You imagine they do? I just find Volvo drivers to be a bit weird. And they
all seem to wear hats. Ever noticed that?

moo