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SUVs roll over easier than other vehicles????  Really???

No shit people.  How many of you guys needed a stupid test to figure it
out???  That's why they shouldn't be driven like a car.  Also I don't
think you should be able to buy one and/or drive one until you have it
figured out that it does handle different than a car would, and if You
turn at 80kmh it will roll.  Hell you gotta learn how to drive a tractor
trailer before you can drive it or a fork lift or most other motorized
machines.  The bottom line here is ya they are different and somewhat
new to the market and becoming more and more popular.  So why don't you
take some time learn how they work what they can do, how to do it safely
I have and believe that it makes me a safer driver behind the wheel of
my SUV.  If this is done I'm positive all this garbage about SUV's will
be diminished a great deal.  Not totally though cause hey shit does
happen and people like to bitch.

But thats just my .02

Kurt

Vernon Wilson wrote:
> 
> SUVs are rollover risks, new federal ratings show
> 
> GM, Consumers Union criticize data aimed at stopping production
> of �top heavy� vehicles
> 
> By Miguel Llanos
> MSNBC
> 
> Jan. 9 �  The federal government on Tuesday issued its first
> ratings of vehicles by rollover risk, saying it hoped
> consumers would use it to demand safer sport utility
> vehicles from manufacturers. But General Motors, whose
> Chevy Blazer and GMC Jimmy/Envoy fared worst on the
> list, criticized the rankings as �overly simplistic� and said
> it would ignore them.
> 
> TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Rodney Slater said the
> five-star rating system will help consumers �choose a safe vehicle for
> themselves and their family.�
> 
> �We hope it means that the manufacturers will therefore design
> safer SUVs,� the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety
> Administration, Sue Bailey, told NBC�s �Today� show.
> 
> The NHTSA, part of the Transportation Department, said that
> happened when ratings for frontal crashes began in 1979. At the time
> just 33 percent of vehicles achieved a four- or five-star rating. By
> 1997, 85 percent had received four or five stars, the agency said.
> 
> NHTSA ON DEFENSIVE
> 
> But General Motors criticized the five-star system as �overly
> simplistic� because it�s based only on a vehicle�s center of gravity
> and doesn�t include driver behavior, seat-belt usage and vehicle
> dynamics like suspension, tires and wheel base.
> 
> GM said in a statement that it �will continue to design its vehicles
> to ... (that broader) criteria, which we consider to be more
> comprehensive and relevant to real world driving.�
> ==================================================
> You can view the ratings list from the pull down menu at:
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/513562.asp