And morons buy SUVs because they think SUVs are "safer.">

http://www.dailysta­r.com/dailystar/metr­o/62130.php

"Spontaneously"???­? Looks like another case where a speeder simply lost>control.

It will be interesting to see if they ever determine the cause. There had > to be some sort of catastrophic failure of a suspension component or > something. >

Scott en Aztlбn wrote:>> Here's a case where an SUV spontaneously flipped itself over, rolling>> three times and killing the human driver. Fortunately, the two canine>> passengers survived. All of this was due, of course, to the fact that>> nobody was wearing their seat belt.>>

This is priceless:>

-------------------­-------> Blaine Lindsey was just a few miles from his destination Jan. 29 - > transporting his friend's two dogs from California to their new home in > Oro Valley - when the SUV he was driving flipped three times and crashed > on Interstate 10.> -------------------­----->

Maybe the SUV was possesed?>

It will be interesting to see if they ever determine the cause. There had >to be some sort of catastrophic failure of a suspension component or >something.

I'd guess she was distracted by the dogs, drifted onto the shoulder,> and overcorrected.>

I've had a couple of blow-outs.

MaintainingВcontrol­ВofВtheВvehicleВwas > not a problem.ВВSoВI'mВno­tВsureВwhatВyou'reВt­alkingВabout.ВВAlso,­Вwhat> does "littering" have to do with the subject in this thread?

Tire blowup? Stuck gas pedal?

It will be interesting to see if they ever determine the cause. There had >to be some sort of catastrophic failure of a suspension component or >something.

However, vehicles with a high center of gravity and large wheels (the > distance from the rim to the ground being the important thing) have > issues when a front tire goes. People should not buy such vehicles, > but Americans like big vehicles. It's not smart, be it appears we can > always blame the company for selling them to us when things go wrong.

Tires don't blow up anymore.

And gas pedals never have stuck although geezer drivers are> told by the AARP to say that whenever they mow a pedestrian down.

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:43:35 -0500, Glenn Arnold <oldnoah@att.net>> wrote:>

Have you ever seen America? >

"America, America, Man sheds his waste on thee.">

- George Carlin>

--> satyr #1953> Chairman, EAC Church Taxation Subcommittee> Director, Gideon Bible Alternative Fuel Project> Supervisor, EAC Fossil Casting Lab

I've got a better idea to avoid rollovers: slow down. >

Bob Dog

There were a few problems with that test but a big one was that they> simulated a blowout and that isn't what happened to the Firestone> tires. They threw their treads which ironically might be worse than a> blowout. Also, they didn't try hitting the brakes which would be a> typical driver error. I am not sure how heavily loaded the test truck> wa but that would be a big factor also. Many of these SUVs have> shockingly low cargo (weight) capacity. Put in five big guys, their> luggage and then strap some stuff to the roof and you are top-heavy> and way over the weight limit. >

--> satyr #1953> Chairman, EAC Church Taxation Subcommittee> Director, Gideon Bible Alternative Fuel Project> Supervisor, EAC Fossil Casting Lab>

"Scott en AztlГЎn" wrote:>>

I hate it when that happens. I don't know how many times I've been>sitting at a red light and my SUV just flips.>

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And morons buy SUVs because they think SUVs are "safer.">

http://www.dailysta­r.com/dailystar/metr­o/62130.php

You jest, but it happens all the time - at least, according to the> newspapers. They never say "the driver flipped his SUV over" - they> say "the SUV flipped over." I suppose by blaming the vehicle itself> rather than the driver they think they sound more objective?

Scott en AztlГЎn wrote:>> Here's a case where an SUV spontaneously flipped itself over, rolling>> three times and killing the human driver.>>

Scott, where do you get off stating the the Suv "spontaneously" flipped>over? I agree with you on most things you post here, but that's just>ridiculous.

It would have been nice to know what the series of event>were. I suppose if it was a single vehicle accident, we may>never know. However, I can't imagine there were not>witnesses on I-10.

I think we agree that the blowout on it's own isn't likely to cause a >rollover. The issue is whether a high center of gravity increases the >chance of a rollover in any case; which it does by a large margin. Hence >newer model SUV's are built with lower CG's.

Most driving is from one building to another building. People>don't usually drive somewhere and then sit outside in a field.>Aside from a few hunters and hikers,

and maybe some purely>recreational­ drivers, driving is usually about work, school,>shopping, visits to relatives, church, etc. generally involving>buildings­ at both ends.

In article <4218F0E0.2290DAB6@­bellsouth.net>, jimled@bellsouth.ne­t says...>>and what's with >>street lights burning all night long? are city people >>scared of the dark? >

No, we like to see where we are going when we are walking. Maybe you should >try going out after dark. The need for lighting is pretty obvious.

-------------->Ale­x

Alex Rodriguez wrote:>

that was pretty funny. thanks.>

did I tell you about the time hurricane Fran turned the >lights off and people wanted to know what those little >light thingys were up in the night sky? maybe not.

anyhow, my favorite part was in my expounding explanation >of how light pollution had robbed them and placed one of >God's great beauties of His creations out of their sight. >

Scott en AztlГЎn wrote:>> Here's a case where an SUV spontaneously flipped itself over, rolling>> three times and killing the human driver. Fortunately, the two canine>> passengers survived. All of this was due, of course, to the fact that>> nobody was wearing their seat belt.>>

This is priceless:>

------------------­-------->Blaine Lindsey was just a few miles from his destination Jan. 29 - >transporting his friend's two dogs from California to their new home in >Oro Valley - when the SUV he was driving flipped three times and crashed >on Interstate 10.>---------------­--------->

Maybe the SUV was possesed?

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:39:39 -0500, Jim Ledford <jimled@bellsouth.n­et>> wrote:>

And I'm sure there were no clouds in the sky so the stars were> visible.>

Nice urban legend, but I've never heard anyone dumb enough to use a> hurricane as the reason the power was out.

On Fox today, they said a "tree crashed onto a car".>

Oddly enough, it looked to me like it fell.