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Specific design characteristics like these give the
driver a better view of the road, but also give utility
vehicles a higher center of gravity than other types
of vehicles. This means that you should not expect
a utility vehicle to handle the same way a vehicle
with a lower center of gravity, like a car, would in
similar situations.
But driver behavior factors are far more often the
cause of a utility vehicle rollover than are
environmental or vehicle factors. Safe driver
behavior and understanding the environment in
which you will be driving can help avoid a rollover
crash in any type of vehicle, including utility
vehicles.
Defensive Driving
The best advice anyone can give about driving is:
Drive defensively.
Please start with a very important safety device in
your vehicle: Buckle up. See Safety Belts: They
Are for Everyone on page 20.
{CAUTION:
Defensive driving really means “Be ready
for anything.” On city streets, rural roads,
or expressways, it means “Always expect
the unexpected.” Assume that pedestrians
or other drivers are going to be careless
and make mistakes. Anticipate what they
might do and be ready. Rear-end collisions
are about the most preventable of
accidents. Yet they are common. Allow
enough following distance. Defensive
driving requires that a driver concentrate
on the driving task. Anything that distracts
from the driving task makes proper
defensive driving more difficult and can
even cause a collision, with resulting
injury. Ask a passenger to help do these
things, or pull off the road in a safe place to
do them. These simple defensive driving
techniques could save your life.
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