{"product_id":"9781586482039","title":"High and Mighty: The Dangerous Rise of the SUV","description":"\u003cp\u003eSUVs have taken over America's roads. Ad campaigns promote them as safer and \"greener\" than ordinary cars and easy to handle in bad weather. But very little about the SUV's image is accurate. They poorly protect occupants and inflict horrific damage in crashes, they guzzle gasoline, and they are hard to control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eUnsafe at Any Speed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFast Food Nation,\u003c\/i\u003e Bradsher's book is a damning exposé of an industry that puts us all at risk, whether we recognize it or not.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030994436336,"sku":"9781586482039","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781586482039_p0.jpg?v=1763801275","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781586482039","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}