Yahoo! News - Humvee crashes perplex Army
Yahoo! News - Humvee crashes perplex Army: "One key concern: Soldiers lack the skills to handle the heavier Humvees and are losing control as they speed through ambush areas before insurgents detonate roadside bombs.
'An individual feels that if he goes faster he can avoid that threat,' says Lt. Col. Michael Tarutani, an Army official tracking the accidents. 'But now he's exceeded, first, maybe his capabilities, and then maybe the speed for those conditions.'
The Army also is questioning whether the handling and center of gravity in Humvees may have been altered by armor plating bolted on in Iraq or shields added around gun turrets."

Um, well, YEAH!
- posted by Jim @ 4:40 AM