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Kiki wrote:

>In rec.autos.driving John Henry <johnshenry@sprintmail.com> wrote:
>
>: Very few average "cars" will not.  Most all "SUV" will.
>
>Yet my Porsche targa was made so it would be safe in case of a rollover
>(why they didn't make a convertable at the time, didn't feel they could
>make one that would roll over ok).
>
>The whole point of the targa on my Porsche was to keep the car from
>crushing in a roll over. Obviously, POrsche, who has made that car with
>every thought to handling in mind, thought that rollovers are possible
>(not very likely, and you'd probably have to really be trying or stupid,
>but it can happen). Hell, I know of some one who was in a Geo when the
>person took a corner too sharp and hte Geo rolled (I think a hatchback)!
>Small car, still easily enough rollable it seems. 
>
>Any car *can* roll over. SUVs are more likely especially when people try
>to drive them like cars and don't appreciate that they're not (especially 
>the idiots I see driving them like they are sports cars and zipping in
>and out of lanes with them). 

The difference is that a car will usually only roll if it is
"tripped".  Meaning if it encounters no obstacles (smooth pavement) it
will just spin.  A truck can spin also, but it has a much greater
tendency (softer suspension with more travel, tall sidewalls, higher
CoG) to tip over in the same situation.
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