Sorry, i don't know about you, i drive within the speed limits, have had a clean record for 4 yrs with driving everyday. What we are talking about is inconsideration to others. Performance drivers usually just kill themseleves. Back home, pple race on the street, and usually when there is an accident, it's something to do with them slammin into a tree or a wall, not into pple. Where else on the other hand, jeeps cause daily inconvenice to pple driving around just by average day to day driving. Performance ? Maybe the exhaust is too loud, but has that got anything to do with safety? Our cars are called whales, but our whales do not take up as much space as a 4WD.
Back to statistics, since a performance car is relatively low, higher chance of seeing a kid at the back of the car, agreed? Thus it's safer.
If you do normal comparison, a performance car if driven normally does not block other pple's vision and does not need to make a wider turn radius than a 4WD. (Well, can't be said for the EVO and WRX as they are 4WD and their turning radius sucks too). So, just by comparing normal driving, non spirited, with a very good driver in it. The 4WD already has 2 - points for inconsideration to others. Get the drift?