See, Pickups are more dangerous than a common car

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& j' [" F1 G; j" N0 m% y, |1.        it has much higher tendency of losing control
9 Y/ E+ L, c7 A5 e6 O' |8 s4 o2.        when head-on with another vehicle, its protection for passengers is very poor.
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Police said a 53-year-old man travelling southbound in a pickup truck died after he lost control and veered sideways into the path of a northbound car.

$ t& }+ W6 s/ T" i# Q% q" K1 JThe driver of the car was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Highways+closed+Fort+McMurray+wintry+blast/7781699/story.html