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Originally posted by baff

Originally posted by olddaddy

 

Originally posted by baff

It's easier to see other vehicles from a higher driving position, not harder. That's one of the reasons why SUV's are safer.

 

Spoken like someone that has never been to Florida in the winter and seen the land battleships driven by the 75 year old "snowbirds" with only their eyes and forehead showing above the dashboard......

Florida drivers are so HAPPY when the "snowbirds" go back north.....

 

In about 15 years time you will be one of them and your attitude will change.

My dad is 82. I'd rather have him driving around in a Battleship than a deathtrap.

 

What I see, everyday, is a crushed car on the side of the motorway with firecrews trying to cut people out and blood all over the road. None of them are SUV's.

In about 15 years I will be riding a bicycle powered by a weed whacker. The gas mileage is great.

And even now, I don't intend to be caught anywhere around your 82 year old father driving his land battleship. He probably drives on the wrong side of the road.

Luckily I live in a country where everyday I don't see a crushed car on the side of the motorway with fire crews trying to cut people out. Must be because Americans drive on the right side of the road.....

It's because you shift all your freight by train.

No lorries on the road to speak of where you live.

Every third vehicle here is has a 40 ton load.

Those dinky little eco-traps won't survive one.

I watch those action movies. When I see them drive their cars through a brick wall, I make a note of the model.

I like to produce my own gas.

SUV's aren't safer. On the contrary.

Oh and (not that anyone actually cares) SUV's make the road for others a whole lot more dangerous.

somewhat yea i guess

Originally posted by MadAce

SUV's aren't safer. On the contrary.

 

 

Oh and (not that anyone actually cares) SUV's make the road for others a whole lot more dangerous.

Since we have derailed this thread to giving opinions about auto safety, if you ask me, the most dangerous thing on the road is the cell phone, not the SUV.

Originally posted by daeandor

 

Originally posted by MadAce

SUV's aren't safer. On the contrary.

 

 

Oh and (not that anyone actually cares) SUV's make the road for others a whole lot more dangerous.

Based on a recent scientific study I am sure....

 

 

Since we have derailed this thread to giving opinions about auto safety, if you ask me, the most dangerous thing on the road is the cell phone, not the SUV.

 

Ditto....what  daeandor said.

Originally posted by daeandor

 

Originally posted by MadAce

SUV's aren't safer. On the contrary.

 

 

Oh and (not that anyone actually cares) SUV's make the road for others a whole lot more dangerous.

Based on a recent scientific study I am sure....

 

 

Since we have derailed this thread to giving opinions about auto safety, if you ask me, the most dangerous thing on the road is the cell phone, not the SUV.

 

I think the most dangerous thing on the road is the human being.

Originally posted by baff

Originally posted by olddaddy

 

Originally posted by baff

It's easier to see other vehicles from a higher driving position, not harder. That's one of the reasons why SUV's are safer.

 

Spoken like someone that has never been to Florida in the winter and seen the land battleships driven by the 75 year old "snowbirds" with only their eyes and forehead showing above the dashboard......

Florida drivers are so HAPPY when the "snowbirds" go back north.....

 

In about 15 years time you will be one of them and your attitude will change.

My dad is 82. I'd rather have him driving around in a Battleship than a deathtrap.

 

What I see, everyday, is a crushed car on the side of the motorway with firecrews trying to cut people out and blood all over the road. None of them are SUV's.

yeah, they were run off the road by an SUV

edit: my gawd...I actually agree with Madace on this one....

I am so sick and tired of people pointing the fingers at SUVs.  SUVs are not the problem, it is the people driving them!  It's the same as "Guns don't kill people, people kill people."  SUVs do not force people to buy them nor do they suddenly take control and run people off the road.  I've been cut off by plenty of motorcycles, sportscars, and other vehicles.  The damned media has people so biased against the SUV that whenever someone gets cut off by a single SUV it's all, "OMG all SUVs are jerks" even though 100 just passed that were driving fine.

Oh and by the way there is enough oil to get us to a transition point to another type of energy.  Again you've just been brainwashed by the media to think it's all gone and we've hit the oil peak and we're all going to die in massive riots that will engulf the planet.  Get over it we're still finding oil deposits, just this week they found an estimated 33 billion barrels off the coast of Brazil.  I will say that it is running out and we need to really crank up our research and conversion otherwise their will be a massive global depression that will put 1933 to shame.

Use some common sense and do a little research before you start flying off the handle and pointing the finger and hunks of metal and plastic.

btw I am Libertarian, not conservative or republican.