Is 4-wheel drive safer?
Many believe that it is always safer to drive a four-wheel-drive vehicle, especially in snow and ice. However, “when it comes to stopping, four-wheel-drive vehicles have no advantage over two-wheel-drive vehicles,” reports The Wall Street Journal. According to insurance marketing officials, some of the most popular models actually have “worse than average injury and collision insurance claims.” Evidently, many drivers become overconfident and take unnecessary risks when driving vehicles with four-wheel drive. A researcher at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, noted that “through movies and TV, people have come to associate four-wheel drives with a sense of independence and freedom.” This sense of power and invincibility can interfere with sound judgment, which is ultimately the best policy for safe driving.
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