There is much debate over loss of control accidents with various opinions from experts and public. The trouble with this is people are not aware that there can be as high as 950 pounds more weight on the front axle of their front wheel drive vehicle than the back. So a car that feels like a limousine on the front holds like a golf cart on the back.
If you analyze single vehicle accidents you will find most of them had better tires on the front than the back or a very large weight difference. In fact the worst balanced cars have 4 times as many fatalities as cars designed with better balance.
How are you going to tell how fast is too fast under these conditions when it is possible for one car to handle fine on ice at 70 kph and another to loose control at 10 kph.
There is much debate over loss of control accidents with various opinions from experts and public. The trouble with this is people are not aware that there can be as high as 950 pounds more weight on the front axle of their front wheel drive vehicle than the back. So a car that feels like a limousine on the front holds like a golf cart on the back.
If you analyze single vehicle accidents you will find most of them had better tires on the front than the back or a very large weight difference. In fact the worst balanced cars have 4 times as many fatalities as cars designed with better balance.
How are you going to tell how fast is too fast under these conditions when it is possible for one car to handle fine on ice at 70 kph and another to loose control at 10 kph.
Thanks Harvey McFadden