Posted by Harley (203.41.45.90) on November 28, 2002 at 00:23:07:
In Reply to: SUV Haters posted by Epoxy (216.166.228.231) on November 27, 2002 at 14:05:28:
> I think the SUV thing is just a pet-peeve for city-dwelling, Mac-using, VW Bug-driving, Salon-reading 4's who like to get excited about stuff like that. It's not a real issue at all.
Well I am, or have at some stage been all of those things, but anyway...I hate em becasue they are constantly claimed to be "safe" when in fact they are top heavy and unsafe. They are purchased by people who drive them to the shops and to drop the kids off to school - i.e. basically inexperienced drivers. These people also really don't need something the size of a sherman tank to get around in.
You also can't see through them, over them or around them, and that means you are relying in the SUV driver to be a good driver, properly anticipating traffic ahead of them. This is often not the case, but they don't mind because they ususally also have a f*cking great bull bar attached also.
And they tend to be the greatest double parkers on earth (I think because they are too big and clunky to reverse park easily).
In short I think I hate them for really good reasons.
My favourite former PM recently called them "a pox". He is right.