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lle vehicle, the moe likely it is to
ollove. The
meic
n public s mde p
infully e of thise
lity in the lte 1990s
hen spot utility vehicles (SUVs) beg
n to so in populity, subjecting mjo
utom
kes like Fo
d to tens of millions of dolls in peson
l injuy
nd ongful deth cl
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vity
nd thuse
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ffected by the centifug
l foce of
tun, they
ee much mo
e likely toollove
thn t
dition
l sedns.
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me phenomenon isesponsible fo
lge tuck
olloves. In 2008, the
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ontheels of the t
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steth
n the cgo it is cying. These types of
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used most often by tuck d
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tiles by unevenly dist
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ning too shply inn inte
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ck ofttention on the t
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ck of sleep, eitheby f
llingsleep
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simply being do
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lso be cused by dist
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nd dios.Loss of Cont
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ucks c
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o
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esult of m
king impope
split-second decisions, suchs c
shing into
nothevehicle
henn
lten
tive sv
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mking
lst-second tu
nhen it
ould hve been s
feto continue
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