U.S. wants to make stability systems mandatory in cars

Regulators believe that making the technology standard equipment on all cars could reduce the number of rollovers.

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[heystoopid]

Easy Fix!

Easy fix!, just make all heavy overweight SUV's like chevy surburbans and ford exploders illegal and unroadworthy, end of problem!

[MidniteRaider]

I agree

Especially since all the oil is going to be gone in 15-20 years.. we
don't need big vehicles to be sucking up gas.. like a Vegas slot
machine sucking up quarters.

[MidniteRaider]

I agree

Since all the oil is going to be gone in 15-20 years... we don't need
vehicles sucking up gas.. like a Vegas slot machine sucking up
quarters.

[DougDbug]

It's pretty hard to roll a regular car...

I know you can roll some SUVs by cornering "agressively", but it's pretty hard to roll a regular car without going off the road (i.e. into a ditch or over an embankment).

Years ago, before SUVs became popular, I remember reading that the most frequently rolled car was the Corvette! That tells you it has a lot to do with the driver... I'll bet it's impossible to roll a 'Vette on level pavement.

And, once you get into that much trouble the anti-rollover system may not help. If you go into a 20 MPH curve at 75, nothing is going to save you... The SUV senses a roll condition... It takes-over your steering and steers in the direction of the roll... probably off the road into who knows what...

[MidniteRaider]

Well....

you can lose control on a flat surface and if you change direction
fast enough, you can flip a car. This is especially true if you are
driving 60-80MPH. Look up that stunt guy who flipped that BMW.

[solrosenberg]

Let 'er roll

People who don't know how to drive rolling their vehicles is Darwinism at work. Don't mess with the cleansing of the gene pool.