SUVs and MUVs and the sense of (or lack of) security and safety. Read on!!!!!!!

I was called to attend to four patients following road traffic accident. They all had injuries which were not serious and as i was talking to them, asked them what happened.

One of the patients said, that they were travelling in a sports utility vehicle or multipurpose vehicle. i will not name the make of this jeep styled vehicle for purposes of not eliciting controversy.

Then what happened. a small compact hatchback the make of it will also remain nameless was coming in the opposite side. they had a head on collision.

Then the SUV in which these people were traveling rolled over and fortunately these people survived.


I asked what happened to the hatchback which drove straight on to them. Apparently this hatchback had some damage to the bonnet but stood still. while the SUV rolled over!!!!!!!!!

I was surprised.Naturally one would expect the smaller vehicle to have the greater damage. now go and read article in Wikipedia on

SUVs

What this link says is that the SUVs have high centre of gravity. They tend to roll over even though the Electronic stability built in. if they face an obstacle, for example. even if the obstacle is small and especially if the obstacle is small. this is called tripping over!!!!!!!!

So be ware of this if you own or travel in a SUV

Warm regards

 Chockalingam