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The Physics Teacher -- February 2004 -- Volume 42, Issue 2, pp. 86

Rollover of Sport Utility Vehicles

Desmond N. Penny

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

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Recently, 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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rolling, automobiles, stability, road accidents, torque, force

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Online Jan 2004

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0031-921X (print)  

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1646483

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