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In rec.autos.driving Vernon Wilson <vern@nospam.com> wrote:

: 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

I wish it tested all cars. I refuse to believe an Accord is more stable
than any sports car out there. And I'd like to see which SUVs are better
than others. THey just seemed to take a random sample and from that stated
that Accords are the most stable (not even mentioning just of the cars
they looked at). They also ignored suspension and stuff liek that that is
important to stability. Just center of gravity and height in a car is not
the only thing that deals with stability. And it is not an accurate study
when they don't account for everything, but only part of the problem.

: 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.

It was overly simplistic. Not saying that they should fully ignore it, but
it was not an accurate indication that they were the worst ones out there.
Hell, the SUV i hear of rolling over all the time (whenever they do those
SUVs = roll over things) is the Toyota 4Runner. Did they even test that
one? I don't even think they tested the Pathfinder. How is that an
accurate display of GM's vehicles being the worst?!

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