But Federal accident statistics show that in collisions between light trucks and cars, many car occupants are killed each week.
About 5,000 of those deaths occur in collisions between cars and light trucks.
Regulators are considering further action in later years to narrow the fuel-economy gap between light trucks and cars.
Chrysler recommends that car drivers back into parking spaces between light trucks.
The gap in weight between light trucks and cars has widened considerably in recent years.
As the lines between cars and trucks blur, the choices will become less black or white.
No one said so, but the obvious purpose of the long gap between trucks was safety.
A decade ago, Congress picked 6,000 pounds as a simple way to distinguish between trucks and other vehicles.
The action movie features a memorable cross-country race between trucks and trains.
The disparity between imported and domestic trucks continues a trend of many months' standing.