Re: RESULTS: SUVs are rollover risks and prone fatal accidents!

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From: floyd a rogers
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:40

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>"Kiki" <tigress@havoc.gtf.org> 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.

The ratings are based PURELY upon static measurements:  they
compare the location of the center of gravity and the width of the
rear wheels/tires.  Nothing else, if I read the articles correctly.

FloydR

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