Originally posted by Monash
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Figure 2-1 illustrates MRAP mishaps between November 2007 and August 2009 by mishap category, with rollovers the category resulting in the greatest loss in vehicle damage and casualties. Of the 420 recorded mishaps, 178 (42 percent) involved some type of rollover. Seven rollover events resulted in 11 fatalities (7 drowning; 4 gunner blunt force trauma). As of August 2009, there were 215 reported rollover injuries.
https://safety.army.mil/LinkClick.as...-j0=&tabid=351
42% of accidents result in roll over.... In addition run ins with power lines caused another 16 mishaps....
Good driver training is the key to preventing rollovers. They still occur of course rarely from time to time but a high center of gravity doesn't discount a vehicle from service selection for firefighting duty -in fact given the terrain they work in it's almost a requirement. These vehicles do go "bush" but they do have limited off road capability for obstacle avoidance and the rest... Cheers
I'll let the 800,000 LEO referred to earlier know that most of them are bad cops, poor shots
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