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Re: SUVs (was Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 15 Jul 2000 03:29:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Herzberg writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeff Thompson writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Herzberg writes:
> > > > I see nothing wrong SUVs. People are just complaining because they are so • big,
> > >
> > > vehicles get, the more risky it gets for the econo-boxes.
> >
> > One thing I would be curious about is if there is a higher rate of fatality • in
> > humongous SUV vs humongous SUV than between say two mid-size cars
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> I don't have any fatality rates, but I do know that if a small child is hit by
> a truck, his chances of survival versus being hit by a car are almost three
> times greater. I completely forgot the reason, it has to be with the truck
> taking the whole body's force or something. It is the exact oppisite by and
> adult, who is more likely to survive being hit by a car. I think it was 20/20
> that had the story.
Something sounds odd here, unless the situation is actually that the small
child may just be grazed by the truck since it is higher off the ground.
> > I'd also be curious as to how much affect the rollover affect has (though the
> > largest SUVs presumably have much less rollover factor than things like the
> > Samurai and Trooper which got so much press from Consumer Reports). • <snip>
> recovered, but Honda just couldn't get the SLX back to speed. Now a days,
> trucks even have systems that help prevent tipping over. My Land Rover has
> ACE, Active Cornering Enhancement. The system keeps the vehicle entirely
> stable, even on sharp, fast turns. BMW will also be using the system on the X-
> Series soon.
Is that system in any of the SUVs owned by the average person? I wonder what
such a system would do for a car? I'd be curious also as to how well those
systems really work, and what kind of maintenance nightmare they are.
Frank
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