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Old 01-26-2010, 08:54 PM   #126 (permalink)
Clev
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Originally Posted by RH77 View Post
Further, 15-passenger vans are mandated to have stability control. Why? Too many inexperienced drivers were rolling the vans on high school or college excursions, often killing young passengers.
There was another issue with those vans. When there were a few passengers, they tended to sit all the way in the back. Since the rearmost few seats hang behind or on the rear axle, it presented a weight shift that caused handling issues and a few crashes.
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