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Lawmakers and regulators should mandate higher mileage without worrying that they are compromising safety by encouraging small vehicles, according to the report by the International Council on Clean Transportation, the USA Today.

The report says its recommendations could boost the average fuel economy of new vehicles 50% in 10 years. That would make it roughly 33 mpg in 2017.

Even in cases where bigger vehicles are safer for their occupants, they ought to be discouraged by regulators as threats to people in smaller vehicles, ICCT says.

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