Curious timing this thread. Just tonight a fellow autocrosser said that last
night he witnessed (darn near involved in) a rollover by a new (still
temporary tags) Trail Blazer. Speed at 80 mph on I-696 outside Detroit, lane
change maneuver, lost control, rolled.
Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: Scot Zediker <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
To: Karen Christoff, Ph.D. <pykac@olemiss.edu>; AutoX List
<autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: Jeep Cherokee Rollover
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karen Christoff, Ph.D." <pykac@olemiss.edu>
> To: "AutoX List" <autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 2:41 PM
> Subject: Jeep Cherokee Rollover
>
>
> > Given all of the previous discussions on vehicle dynamics in slaloms
plus
> > discussion on rollovers on this list, I'm wondering if anyone has
written
> a
> > letter to Autoweek in response to their article on the Jeep Cherokee
> > rollover during their testing?
>
> Actually, it was a Liberty. No, I haven't written a letter, but
Autoweek's
> "findings" confirm what I've felt about SUV's for a long time. They
simply
> aren't as good as a car when it comes to avoiding an accident. And if you
> look at it enough, the type of motions you encounter in a slalom are just
> like those you'd see making an emergency lane change on the highway.
>
> There's a pretty long thread going on the Miataforum about this, and
> somebody said that the rollover occurred during an "extreme maneuver you
are
> unlikely to make on the street." Apparently, this person has never driven
> the wonderful freeways of the SF Bay Area during commute hours! :)
>
> Oh, the thread I mentioned can be found here:
>
> http://www.miataforum.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=003630
>
> Scot
>
> Scot
>
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