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On Tue, 09 Jan 2001 20:27:20 -0900, Scott Aleckson <aleckson@alaska.net> wrote:
>> SUVs are rollover risks...
>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

I take it that the laws of physics do not apply in your universe?

I can personally attest that a tall truck will roll over during normal
accident avoidance maneuvers that wouldn't make a car even lean hard. 
I have the scars and achy bones in bad weather to prove it. When you
combine sluggish, vague steering with a tall center of gravity, you are
creating a vehicle that is dangerous because you are creating a car
that can no longer be maneuvered around a blown tire or a piece of 
pipe that's fallen onto the road -- if you blow a tire you flip, and if
you try to avoid that length of pipe, you flip. 

Note that I'm not saying avoid tall trucks. I'm not saying that you
shouldn't buy a tall truck if that's what you want, if that's what
feeds your ego or allows you to go down 4x4 roads in the national
forest to get to your favorite trailheads, or whatever. I'm just
saying that you're an idiot if you think tall trucks are as safe in
accident-avoidance situations as passenger cars. They're not. Know
that when you get into the truck, and you have a better chance of
living. For one thing, you probably will decide to hit the @#$%@ deer
that runs out in front of you and take your chances... I wish I had,
but that was back before manufacturers were required to put rollover
warnings and I was younger then and didn't think about simple physics.

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Eric Lee Green     Linux Subversives
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