The most serious automobile accidents in America involve vehicle rollovers. Amazingly, the particular design defects that cause all of this death and injury could be designed out of the vehicles. At present we are focusing on numerous cases involving Bronco IIs, Sidekicks and Geo Trackers.
Rollover accidents involve two distinct categories of defects.
First, there are those design defects that actually cause the rollover, such as dynamic instability, handling and steering. Second, there are crashworthiness defects that are unrelated to the cause of the rollover, but produce or enhance the injuries of the vehicle occupants. We, as consumers, are entitled to expect the vehicles that we purchase and use for our families to be as safe as technologically possible. At a very minimum, any vehicle ought to be able to slide sideways on dry smooth pavement without rolling over. Our experts say it is an absolute travesty that the SUV manufacturers that market these vehicles to the American consumer are able to get away with putting us all in danger, due to a lack of regulations like we have on passenger cars.