Oh SUV, How I hate thee epilogue

To my eye, the subject SUV appears to be one of the local constabulary's. If so, I'd hate to be the "rookie" who rolled it during training. That will take years to "live-down." Imagine 15 years from now and still being called "Sgt. Rollover."

 

my excursion could have made that corner.............

 

doubt it.... it is a former PPV tahoe though

 

I did a lap around Auto Club Speedway in my Grand Cherokee with a sports psychologist in the passenger seat, a motorsports journalist in the back seat, and a professional racing driver on either side of said journo and we survived. just sayin'

btw, interesting that it was a police vehicle. I watched this youtube clip the other day and was amazed at the poor car control from the police...several near misses and one spin (15:50) in this video. now granted they were being fired on by a thug with an AK 47 but still...there might be an opportunity for your driving academy to do some "tactical performance driving training"

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi7wsPyRMXM]Missouri Police Chase Dodge Magnum Shooting AK-47 At Police (Dashcam Video) - YouTube[/ame]

 

may have to do with the coolant that was spewing everywhere

 

I've had a few DPS SUV's fly past me a high speed on I-35 while going to Austin, weaving in & out of traffic in that extended construction zone. I kept thinking to myself I'm about to witness something tragic.

 

I watched that video and saw a police officer stay pretty calm and composed in a really toxic situation. I think a lot of poor car control could be interpreted as trying to find a position on the road where he was still in pursuit, maintaining visual contact, and presenting little target profile as possible.

 

yes, a lot of it was tactical positioning of the car to avoid fire (although in a few cases it looked like he was using civilian traffic to protect himself! )

but there were a few times, one at 45 seconds into the clip, where the officer totally overcooked it onto the on ramp and had a massive slide and over-correction. that was before shots were fired.

I also didn't see any coolant leading to the other cop spinning out but that is a possibility I suppose.

at any rate, you would think police would get as much or more high performance driving training as firearm training.

 

I would like to see better training in those two areas!

 

They don't get enough training in either one.

 

That would not have happened in anything european..american cars suv's are too cheap to put any real dynamic stability control in thier models, inside wheel braking would have prevented that, as would IRS. at least a higher threshold would have been reached..

Americans are still the only ones still using live straight axles..Pityful.

 

I agree, although I'm not sure it increases the risk of the rollover, just the speed at which it occurs

I think the SRT is silly. plain ol' V8 Laredo for me. low grip and big tire sidewalls are fine for its role.

 

I think the popularity with SUV's, at least around here, is that they are supposedly safer in an accident..hauling the kids around in a large tank like vehicle makes mom feel better.

 

i love my excursion.

 

Me too!