I wish that Dave Thune would start to get tough. With
his proposed smoking ban on everybody's mind, how
about following it up with another ban that�s been
needed for a long, long time. What I would suggest
would not only alleviate traffic congestion and lower
the cost of street maintenance, it would also allow
gas prices to go down and improve the public safety
and help protect the environment.
How about banning SUV'S and pickup trucks in the city
limits with possible exceptions for permittees?
I drive around just about everyday and I see nothing
in these gas guzzling freaks that would justify their
continued existence in the city. I don't see people
busy hauling anything except their own fat behinds.
Trucks are made to transport payloads and not a couple
of super-sized munching machines that can't fit into a
correctly sized vehicle. If pickups and SUV'S are not
hauling real payloads, there is no real reason for
their existence.
If a ban were to happen, the public safety would be
enhanced as well. We don't need studies and statistics
to show what these monstrosities do to a reasonable
sized vehicle in a accident. The sooner we get these
things off the road, the safer we all, that drive
correctly suited cars, will be.
It's time to demand the end the subsidization of this
huge gas guzzlers by the general public.
It's time to ban their use in the city of St. Paul, or
at least, demand a usage tax. When these vehicles
cause a shortage of gas because of the gas they
needlessly burn, we all pay for it at the pump.
Why should I, driving a CORRECT vehicle for the city
that recently celebrated 32.6 mpg, pay for gas
shortages caused by SUV'S and pickup trucks that that
get only 12 mpg?
I didn�t cause it, they did. It's time to turn this
around and let the people that want to be piggish with
the gas, PAY FOR THE SHORTAGE AT THE PUMPS!
Give them the option: Either pay up or don't drive
these gas pigs in OUR city!!!
R. Hanson.
St. Paul.
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