Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - lots of rollover accidents in TV
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Old 08-23-2018, 07:01 AM
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Small SUV/Crossovers seem very popular here. Would be interesting to know how TV's stacks up against anywhere outside the bubble with respect to small SUV's per capita. I know one of the first things we did after getting settled in was to go trade in our larger SUV for a smaller one that is easier to get in and out of the garage and easier to navigate around the area. But it doesn't take an engineer to realize that a vehicle that sits up higher than a car, with a wheelbase as short or shorter than a car, is going to be more prone to rollover. However, they typically don't rollover on their own with normal driving. That generally requires additional outside force such as another vehicle/object hitting it at a certain speed and angle. I doubt these things are just rolling over on their own due to a person's age or relative driving ability.