I'm only "just" in my senior years (57) now. So I can say confidently, that it's the older people driving in SUVs that make me more nervous than anyone else driving in any vehicle at all.
My dad always had trouble with slowing down for stop signs, traffic lights, and curves. It's much more pronounced now that he drives an SUV. It's as if people forget about things like centrifugal force when they get older or something.
If you're driving a car with more clearance space under the chassis, you MUST drive slower around corners than someone with a vehicle whose chassis is closer to the road. It's science, and it's common sense.
I had the same problem myself, for the first day after I bought my first SUV - a Ford Explorer Sport. First day. I adjusted. Had that one for 11 years, never had a rollover. Got another one to replace that one. It was a lemon, but I drove it for around a year. Never rolled over. Replaced THAT with a Jaguar. Never rolled over, but I was able to go a LOT faster around curves than I could with the SUV. I also had a much shorter stopping time.
My current car is a Scion XD, a little nasty tin can on wheels. I hate it. But it gets me from point A to B, it's reliable, doesn't drift much at all in the snow, and is super low on gas mileage. I have to be MUCH more careful in this, than any of my other cars. Why? Because it weighs around as much as an old-fashioned VW Beetle but it's around 7 inches higher off the ground. If you kick it just right, it'll tip over at a standstill.
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