Swater wrote:
] Rattle wrote:
]
] ] I am geek and I hate the whole anti-SUV thing. I own an
] SUV.
] ] I love my SUV. It gets better fuel milage then my previous
] ] car. It served my old office car pool very well. It also
] ] serves my friends interests very well, as I'm always moving
] ] stuff for them that they can't fit in their cars.
] ]
] ] I wish people would at least get specific with their
] bitching,
]
] SUV's have been estimated to kill 30 people for every life
] they save due to their tendency to rollover in accidents and
] cause extra damage in "T-bone" crashes. Not only are they
] killing other's on the road at a higher rate, they're also
] killing their own drivers at a good clip.
]
]

Ya know, if everyone drove an SUV, everyone would be alot safer. I feel that if I was in an accident, I would rather be in an SUV then some little coffin like a Mazda Miata any day of the week. People who drive SUVs know that the center of gravity is higher....you can feel it when you are driving the car. If they so choose to put their life and others in danger by turning a corner like they are in a bloody ferrari, then they shouldn't have a licence to begin with. Personally, I just don't get this SUV versus Anti-SUV war going on. SUVs are just another choice in car. There are other cars on the road that are just as unsafe and much more impractical, and yet the SUV keeps getting all the attention. Personally, my family has an SUV, and I like it alot. I feel much safer in it then my sports car, especially in times of snow and ice (since nobody from the south can drive in it). If someone is Anti-SUV, thats fine as well...you don't have to buy one. I think its humorous that all these people have SUV's who will never go offroad. But at the same time, I don't blame them for driving them....they are very useful for hauling things and getting around in bad weather when you have to be somewhere, and my family's SUV has come in handy more than a few times in that respect.

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