Rollover of Sport Utility Vehicles
2004; American Association of Physics Teachers; Volume: 42; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1119/1.1646483
ISSN1943-4928
Autores Tópico(s)Traffic and Road Safety
ResumoRecently, the PBS program “Frontline”1 examined the history of the development of the sport utility vehicle (SUV) and the efforts to force car makers to design SUVs that are less prone to rollover. The dangers of SUV rollovers were spotlighted in the fall of 2000, when the Ford-Firestone scandal prompted Congress to launch a series of hearings focusing on deaths and injuries related to faulty Firestone tires mounted on Ford Explorers. However, during the same 10-year period in which Ford-Firestone rollover crashes caused some 300 deaths, more than 12,000 people — 40 times as many — died in SUV rollovers unrelated to tire failure.1
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