Dave, I want to say most of the SUV drivers over here are a joke, but I'll restrain myself. Rather, I'd say that a high proportion of the clowns you see on the road are in SUV's. They are the ones driving their SUV too fast, following to close, and being impatient on the daily commute.
And G*d help you when you get a little snow falling. That's their signal to drop in the 4 wheel drive and rev the car up. Total asses! It is no surprise that rollovers are a problem...clowns operating them. 99.4% of them will never have a legitimate need/use for an SUV. I hope they are enjoying the high gas prices. Regards, Bob S. On Jan 16, 2008 12:18 AM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 02:02 PM 16/01/2008, William Robb wrote: > >Operator error is unavoidable, manufacuterers need to take this into > >account, especially when peoples lives depend on their error not killing > >them. > >Most 4x4s fail miserably in this regard. > > It's the nature of the beast & for the same reason that tractors are > the most dangerous piece of farm machinery. > > High ride height + narrow wheelbase = exciting ride. > > I imagine the only way to make that type of vehicle stable is to: > > - Add a heap of lead ballast to the sump & diff housing :-) > - Widen the wheelbase > - Install some kind of active stabilised suspension system as standard. > > All have cost & performance drawbacks. > > As someone who lives in a city, I can't see the point of these > vehicles for most motorists. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
