[Shotimes] Now (OT) rollovers

[BJamesjr@aol.com]

> The high center of gravity in SUVs increases the likelihood of 
> rollovers, and you're much more likely to sustain severe injury if your 
> truck starts rolling than if your car crumples into 
> something.

The general public doesn't understand this.  (They probably didn't do well in Physics class either.)  We had a well-publicized crash recently where several teenagers were killed in an SUV (Suburban or similar) when they lost control on the freeway.  I wondered if they would have lost control if they were in a Taurus.  Right after that I overheard a woman complaining to someone else that she had just totalled her new pickup.  And then I hear in the news where someone was killed in a crash of a Suburban-type vehicle and was blaming the tires.  Some or all of these crashes could have been prevented if the vehicles involved were taurus's or Camry's or similar.  

Plus it seems that most people with used Suburbans seem to put the cheapest discount-store tires that they can find on their cars.  When they buy their cars somebody needs to give them a big piece of paper with big letters on it saying "IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE THEN YOU WILL LIKELY CRASH THIS VEHICLE AND HURT SOMEBODY.  ONCE YOU HAVE READ THIS SIGN BELOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ACCEPT THE INCREASED RISK TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS."  Make them sign it before they leave.  When they go to discount-world and buy a whole set of tires for $98.00 they should have to sign a similar piece of paper before they leave.