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Re: Why do you say lighter cars are easier to roll?
Posted by James [Email] (more from James) on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:11:27
In Reply to: Re: Why do you say lighter cars are easier to roll?, steve, Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:10:53
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afaik, most rollovers are single vehicle accidents (or result of avoidance)... I think what Noel may have been referring to is any car moving sideways is going to be more likely to roll (way more friction all of a sudden) than if it's going forward (in which case the wheels regain traction + roll)... I doubt the direction of the front wheels (from a steering position) would make much difference once a car is already sideways... of course it's most likely a matter of driver error that the car got that way to begin with...
in terms of impact, I think the forces generally aren't as bad in a rollover, and survival rate is generally higher + maybe that's why there is less (popularized) testing of roof structure... but that said, historically, a lot of cars, American in particular, have pretty weak roofs that do collapse, so that is dangerous! Like I say, a high school friend of mine was killed. years ago, the big 3 worked hard to prevent roof standards from being toughened...
James...
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Posts in this Thread:
- Rollovers and car weight, steve, Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:30:35
- Re: Rollovers and car weight, EGD
, Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:36:04 - "Lighter cars easier to roll" Are they?, ursaw, Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:40:09
- Depends on the design, Bruce, Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:16:11
- Why do you say lighter cars are easier to roll?, Noel, Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:15:25
- Re: Rollovers and car weight, James, Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:56:14
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