| Before you decide to close the door on the idea | | | | hour around a corner and they don't zip in and out |
| of your teen driving a Jeep, let's explore some of | | | | of traffic. The way you can drive a sports car |
| the arguments, and some would say myths, | | | | would not be safe in a Jeep under any |
| about the safety of a Jeep. The biggest concern | | | | circumstances. The driver of the vehicle has the |
| seems to be with rollover accidents. Jeeps, like | | | | ultimate power in how safe a vehicle is. Most |
| most SUV's, have a high center of gravity and | | | | adults have the driving experience and common |
| oftentimes a narrower bottom half, making them | | | | sense to know not to drive an SUV like a sports |
| more "tippy" than other vehicles. While vans, | | | | car. |
| trucks and cars get a much better rap than | | | | Many concerned parents have said the roll bars |
| SUV's typically do, there are several factors that | | | | on a Jeep don't do much for protecting the |
| need to be considered when determining the | | | | occupants if that is all that surrounds them in a |
| safety of driving a Jeep. | | | | crash. When a vehicle goes through the safety |
| Jeeps come off the assembly line in a form called | | | | crash test, generally this is done by ramming the |
| "stock". This essentially means "as is". A stock | | | | vehicle into a concrete wall. How many accidents |
| Jeep is a Jeep that has not been altered in any | | | | happen this way? Small cars that are hit head on |
| way from the the design of the maufacturer. | | | | or that are side-swiped tend to be totaled. If you |
| Many people add extra wide or tall tires, lifts and | | | | were in a small car, or even a van or truck and |
| other alterations to their Jeep. This adds to the | | | | were in a rollover accident there would likely be |
| fun of off-roading, which is also a main reason for | | | | major damage to your vehicle. If you were in the |
| purchasing a Jeep. But here seems to be the crux | | | | same accident in a Jeep, those roll bars are in |
| of the matter; every vehicle has it's own | | | | place for just that scenario. |
| capacities and it's own limitations. These need to | | | | In the end, Jeeps are not more dangerous than |
| be respected if we expect them to be safe. | | | | any other vehicle, as long as they are driven with |
| Keep in mind that a Jeep will not drive the same | | | | respect to the purposes they were intended for. |
| way a sports car drives or even a 4 door sedan. | | | | If you want to drive like a race car driver, than a |
| Jeeps are not meant to be driven at 50 miles per | | | | Jeep is not the vehicle for you. |