{"product_id":"high-and-mighty-the-dangerous-rise-of-the-suv-9781586482039","title":"High and Mighty: The Dangerous Rise of the SUV","description":"\u003cp\u003eSUVs have taken over Americas roads. Ad campaigns promote them as safer and \"greener\" than ordinary cars and easy to handle in bad weather. But very little about the SUVs image is accurate. They poorly protect occupants and inflict horrific damage in crashes  they guzzle gasoline  and they are hard to control.  Keith Bradsher has been at the forefront in reporting the calamitous safety and environmental record of SUVs  including the notorious Ford-Firestone rollover controversy. In High and Mighty  he traces the checkered history of SUVs  showing how they came to be classified not as passenger cars but as light trucks  which are subject to less strict regulations on safety  gas mileage  and air pollution. He makes a powerful case that these vehicles are even worse than we suspect--for their occupants  for other motorists  for pedestrians and for the planet itself.  In the tradition of Unsafe at Any Speed and Fast Food Nation  Bradshers book is a damning expos of an industry that puts us all at risk  whether we recognize it or not.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651442696245,"sku":"ByrdShop_1586482033","price":50.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781586482039.jpg?v=1781834734","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/high-and-mighty-the-dangerous-rise-of-the-suv-9781586482039","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}