Ban SUVs in StPaul? Why not? Let StPaul exercise local control here. It would have national import immediately. Other cities might do the same. SUVs would lose value. The highway lobby owns the Fed and the State. Let us hope not enuf of the City (council + mayor). We know how Kelly will go - highway - so we'd need 5 council people. It's nice to be able to say No when the Big Boys think we have no voice.
--David Shove Roseville On Tue, 18 May 2004, popman wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. > http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ > _____________________________________________ > NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
