SUVs now least likely for rollover crashes

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  1. qbee42

    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    This article speaks to the efficacy of stability control systems. Here is the link:

    SUVs now least likely vehicles to roll over - Jun. 9, 2011

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  2. a_gray_prius

    a_gray_prius Rare Non-Old-Blowhard Priuschat Member

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    Now if they could figure out an electronic system to fix the idiots who drive them. I can't be the only one whose driven on I-94 in Michigan during the winter and seen endless numbers of morons in the ditch, the overwhelming number of which are SUVs.
     
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    'We', kemosabe?

    Are you sure it's not humanity being 'selected' out?
     
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    I find in unfortunate that this rating:

    (1) Does not perform an apples-to-apples comparison, separating vehicles with stability control from those without;

    (2) Excludes all non-driver deaths. This completely excludes my SUV hot button, which is the non-occupant deaths that are so much higher from SUVs and pickups than from passenger cars.
     
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