No she's not. She just made a bad judgement call. Before I read this story, it wouldn't have occured to me that swerving to avoid an animal would cause my car to turn over.
You're passenger car, probably not. Your light truck, more likely. And drivers being unaware of that is the problem.
>>No she's not. She just made a bad judgement call. Before I read this story, it wouldn't have occured to me that swerving to avoid an animal would cause my car to turn over.<<
Unless it was built before 1959, or it is a Checker, it probably won't - it's a car. Now you can do some fancy maneuvering to get a car to flip, but it is pretty difficult without hitting a curb or other "tire stopping" obstruction.
>>>No she's not. She just made a bad judgement call. Before I read this story, it wouldn't have occured to me that swerving to avoid an animal would cause my car to turn over.
First, she was in an SUV, not a passenger car. I've personally seen a large (Excursion-sized) SUV rolled by a fairly light tap on the left-rear corner by a Q45. SUVs will roll.
Second, and a corrolary to the first - ignorance of the laws of physics will not insulate you from the consequences of ignorance of the laws of physics.