🚀 go-pugleaf

Puh-Leeeze.

Ok, morons, drivers ed, road conditions aside, lets take two vehicles going
down a deserted, smooth airport runway at 65mph, dry sunny warm day.  Now yank
the wheel hard left and hold it.

Anyone care to argue about which one rolls over and which one doesn't?
(please provide your test data in .mov or .avi format)

THAT is the sole basis of the Gov's ratings.

Its physics folks.  You can be the biggest, bestest SUV fan in the world, but
physics still applies to you.

(BTW, I saw a Blazer to exactly the scenario above {interstate, not runway
though}.  Didn't hit any other vehicle, rolled 3 times, and end over'ed
twice.  Driver wasn't wearing a seatbelt and left the vehicle without use of
either door)


Scott Aleckson wrote:

> > SUVs are rollover risks...
>
> 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.  The fact is, *ANY*
> vehicle can roll over if it is not driven properly.  When people drive
> appropriate to the vehicle and road conditions, then *NO* vehicle has a
> measurable risk of either rollover or being prone to fatal accidents.  And
> that is indisputable.  If you anti-SUV folks would put as much effort into
> getting proper driver's education back into the schools we might get
> somewhere.
>
> [Sorry for feeding the troll- it was a moment of weakness]

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