OK, so I've said this before, your beef is with drivers, not SUV's. I have to agree - it's a truck, not a car, and all those soccer-moms (and dads, to be fair) driving them otherwise drive me crazy. Hate the playa, not the game.
Bah, I always lose this argument, I don't know why I bother starting it every time. I'm a sucker, I guess. :) William Bowen wrote: >> Why people have to bitch about it all the time is beyond me. Who cares? > > Because, anecdotally, the majority of accidents I see on the highway > on my bus route involve SUVs. Rollovers, single car accidents, sign > posts, rear-end collisions, telephone poles. > > triple car accidents that happen because of stopping short and there's > an SUV involved in every one, usually the last in the lineup. > > When I am standing at the bus stops on surface streets waiting for my > bus the majority of sliding stop "oh shit the car in front of me has > stopped!" accidents are in SUVs. > > I'll tell ya, there's nothing more exhilerating that watching a Toyota > land cruiser and those knobby ass tires skidding. :-\ > > 'Cause people (not all, but a lot!!) drive in them like they were sports cars. > > Anecdotal aside: my former boss when I started at my current company 5 > years ago drove a Durango, she'd drive that thing around in traffic > like it was a sports coupe. > > Ever whip your SUV into a compact space? > > She actually has a sports coupe now, and when we went out to lunch the > other day, I actually felt safer as she was finally driving a car that > matched her driving style. > > Like I said, it's not all, but it's enough SUV drivers that turn me > off the things. But hey, drive what you want. :-) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:211828 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
