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> >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.
>
>    There are also many times more car on the road than SUVs.

Perhaps nationwide, but in my region it's closer to a 60/40 split (cars to trucks
and SUVs).


> >The fact is, *ANY* vehicle can roll over if it is not driven properly.
>
>    That is certainly true.
>
>    Although, a vehicle with a fairly low center of gravity, we'll call it
>    a 'car' for simplicity, will be very hard to roll without tripping it,
>    or putting down an embankment.  With a low CoG, the 'car' will be much
>    more likely to slide, than to pivot over, at least, on street tires.
>
>    I invite you to try it sometime.

Being one who's had extensive driver's training (high school, military, fire
department), I know enough about driving my truck that I don't put it into a
condition where there is a risk of rollover.  It's not the vehicle, it's 100%
driver's education.  You don't drive a car and a truck or SUV in the same manner.



> >If you anti-SUV folks would put as much effort into getting proper driver's
> >education back into the schools we might get somewhere.
>
>    I agree with the sentiment, although I don't schools are the place for it.
>    Kids don't learn anything else there, I'm not sure adding driving to that
>    list will help.

I disagree completely.  Back in my day we had driver's education as a mandatory
class in high school.  You took it the year you turned 16 prior to getting a
driver's license.  I still vividly remember and use the driving tactics taught in
that class even though it was nearly two decades ago.  They canceled the class in
the mid-80s due to school budget cuts.  That was a bad move.  Our current system
waits until you've proven yourself to be a poor driver (through accumulation of
ticket "points") before you are required to go to a driver's education class.
These classes are taught at the local community college on a weekend and involve
about 16 hours of class time.  Completely inadequate.  Put it back in the public
schools.  If you have to cut the football budget, so be it.  This is a course
that will save lives.