MeetJohnDoe Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 The Post today reports that one of the USA car-insurance safety test institutes reports that the roofs of the Escape and CRV were rated as "minimal" in terms of safety in a roll-over accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansnl Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 The Post today reports that one of the USA car-insurance safety test institutes reports that the roofs of the Escape and CRV were rated as "minimal" in terms of safety in a roll-over accident. The new type CRV or the old type? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 The new type Escape or the old type? overtook a new one on red plates today.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indothai Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 More accurately: The IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) "IIHS debuts new roof strength crash test,..." Autoblog Link: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/24/iihs-de...vs-rated-first/ IIHS Press Release with further documents and videos: http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr032409.html The Honda CRV and Ford Escape earned the MARGINAL rating, not minimal. Because minimal would be POOR. Skimming thru documents may not be good. Real life account of a roll over accident. I'm happy to read that all occupants survived. http://hondasuv.com/members/showthread.php...hlight=accident Side note: CRV's sold in Thailand do not have side curtain airbags. This is very important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2oDunc Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Simple ! Just don't drive them like a high performance car and they wont roll over! CHA CHA and all is well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeetJohnDoe Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 (edited) The Honda CRV and Ford Escape earned the MARGINAL rating, not minimal. Because minimal would be POOR. Thank you for the correction in terminology...I was writing the post from memory. However, I believe my recollection is correct in that the rating received by the CRV and the Escape was the lowest possible on the scale being used, therefore, whether it's called "marginal" or "minimal" it still means the worst of the group of SUVs being tested. The tests were on the most recent models of each vehicle. Edited March 26, 2009 by MeetJohnDoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plus Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Simple ! Just don't drive them like a high performance car and they wont roll over! I believe most rollover incidents are not result of driving like high performance cars but drivers reacting to dangerous conditions, actions like swerving to avoid hitting a child. Anyway, rollovers and crashes DO happen, it's unavoidable, it's car makers responsibility to ensure safety for the passengers in case it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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