[photo1902]

I've been trying to teach my truck to rollover for the last two years. So far all it can do is sit and speak.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

Small SUVs and Crossovers are popular everywhere. They are the biggest selling category of cars in the US.

I have a Lexus RX and have never come close to rolling over and I doubt that I ever will.

Does anyone think that the safety factor of driving a larger heavier vehicle offsets the possibility of a rollover?

I will go for the heavier vehicle most of the time, especially if it is designed to collapse on severe impact around a strongly built and protective passenger compartment. Mercedes and Volvo come to mind.

In the last 15 years I have driven a Cayenne, a Touareg and an X5. I have never come close to rolling over but if side swiped by a low slung vehicle, I don’t know...

[Chatbrat]

If you check out vehicles that roll over some big SUV's and pickup trucks are the worst offenders--the higher the center of gravity-the higher the odds

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by photo1902

I've been trying to teach my truck to rollover for the last two years. So far all it can do is sit and speak.

Does it double-bark?

[dewilson58]

Nothing new here.

Next.
(not quite yet, Nucky brought me back)

[Nucky]

We have a Transit Connect Van in Florida and a H2 Hummer in N.J. I feel equally safe in both vehicles.

Our car of choice even though I’m a big guy is a Mini Cooper. Fun to drive, reasonable and SAFE.

My son has been after the Hummer since 2004, we just gave it to him. 8 miles per gallon and only 62,000 miles. It was never my favorite because it had a crummy interior but fun in the snow.

I will take my chances in any little car or SUV, you never know when it’s your time. It’s not the car it’s the driver. We are getting ready to buy either a Flex, Escape or a Hyundai, not one bit concerned about safety, I haven’t had a drink before or after driving in many moons, I think that levels the playing field.

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Does it double-bark?

She’s Baaacccckkkk!

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Nucky

We have a Transit Connect Van in Florida and a H2 Hummer in N.J. I feel equally safe in both vehicles.

Our car of choice even though I’m a big guy is a Mini Cooper. Fun to drive, reasonable and SAFE.

My son has been after the Hummer since 2004, we just gave it to him. 8 miles per gallon and only 62,000 miles. It was never my favorite because it had a crummy interior but fun in the snow.

I will take my chances in any little car or SUV, you never know when it’s your time. It’s not the car it’s the driver. We are getting ready to buy either a Flex, Escape or a Hyundai, not one bit concerned about safety, I haven’t had a drink before or after driving in many moons, I think that levels the playing field.

I use to race Mini's.
The owner of the car told me, get the inside rear wheel off the ground, you're getting close. Get both inside wheels off the ground, you are going the right speed,

[graciegirl]

Check out page 13, Table 7. It compares rollovers between vans and passenger cars.

https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api...ication/810741

From the United States Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

Some cars are inherently unsafe and they are more unsafe for senior citizens--they're too big and they do not fit a senior citizens driving abilities

We can't react quickly enough if something goes wrong-thats why we buy cars that have safety features that takes this out of the driving equation

"Kindelberger and Eigen (2003) modeled rollover of SUVs in crashes as a function of driver age, driver sex, and vehicle age. They found a negative relationship between probability of rollover and driver age, as did we. They found a positive and statistically significant relationship between the driver being male, as opposed to female, and probability of rollover. We found the opposite relationship. Finally, the paper found that, other things being equal, a one-year increase in vehicle age increased the odds of rollover by 3%. We found the increase in odds to be 1.7%. "

Above copied from the report by the United States Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, linked in previous post.

[Chatbrat]

The insurance institute for car crashes are the real tests that mean anything--their tests are light years ahead of the nhtsa star ratings and even better check out the the European tests-- the car at their bottom is the Ford Mustang

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I agree. Yesterday, in the national news, I noticed the same thing happening. A LOT of glittering generalities, leaping to conclusions, opinion without facts. Oh gosh. Better NOT change the subject.

Leaping to conclusions will be an Olympic sport next year. I understand we will have a lot of entrants from The Villages.

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by Nucky

We have a Transit Connect Van in Florida and a H2 Hummer in N.J. I feel equally safe in both vehicles.

Our car of choice even though I’m a big guy is a Mini Cooper. Fun to drive, reasonable and SAFE.

My son has been after the Hummer since 2004, we just gave it to him. 8 miles per gallon and only 62,000 miles. It was never my favorite because it had a crummy interior but fun in the snow.

I will take my chances in any little car or SUV, you never know when it’s your time. It’s not the car it’s the driver. We are getting ready to buy either a Flex, Escape or a Hyundai, not one bit concerned about safety, I haven’t had a drink before or after driving in many moons, I think that levels the playing field.

I think the Flex will be my next car. The last production year will be 2020.

[perrjojo]

Originally Posted by Mortal1

Define "lots"...I've a sneaking suspicion that it's a very tiny percentage and a mountain is being made out of a mole hill...

We have LOTS of every thing here. Why? Because things that would never make the news anywhere else get headlines on an unmentionable news site.

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

There have been several rollover accidents in the past year-it appears these small SUV 's that are very popular are quite prone to rolling over

My dealer gave me a service loaner-a Mercedes GLE, the car was so rolley poley I got it exchanged the next day-would not take much for that car to get knocked over

Yesterday's accident between a small Cadillac suv and a BMW suv resulted in the Cadillac being knocked over

A Mercedes that is "rolley polley"? Surely you jest.