🚀 go-pugleaf

Only you americans seem to be having these problems.
Stop being a bunch of girls!!! Harden up. Learn to drive properly and to
the conditions!

John Henry wrote:
> 
> Puh-Leeeze.
> 
> Ok, morons, drivers ed, road conditions aside, lets take two vehicles going
> down a deserted, smooth airport runway at 65mph, dry sunny warm day.  Now yank
> the wheel hard left and hold it.
> 
> Anyone care to argue about which one rolls over and which one doesn't?
> (please provide your test data in .mov or .avi format)
> 
> THAT is the sole basis of the Gov's ratings.
> 
> Its physics folks.  You can be the biggest, bestest SUV fan in the world, but
> physics still applies to you.
> 
> (BTW, I saw a Blazer to exactly the scenario above {interstate, not runway
> though}.  Didn't hit any other vehicle, rolled 3 times, and end over'ed
> twice.  Driver wasn't wearing a seatbelt and left the vehicle without use of
> either door)
> 
> Scott Aleckson wrote:
> 
> > > SUVs are rollover risks...
> >
> > Only if you drive like a complete moron.  After 10 years in the
> > fire/rescue/ems biz, I can personally say that I've seen many times more
> > rollovers involving cars than those involving SUVs.  The fact is, *ANY*
> > vehicle can roll over if it is not driven properly.  When people drive
> > appropriate to the vehicle and road conditions, then *NO* vehicle has a
> > measurable risk of either rollover or being prone to fatal accidents.  And
> > that is indisputable.  If you anti-SUV folks would put as much effort into
> > getting proper driver's education back into the schools we might get
> > somewhere.
> >
> > [Sorry for feeding the troll- it was a moment of weakness]
> 
> --
> John Henry
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