I say let people drive whatever they want to drive. But I do think that people should also be responsible for what they drive. If someone puts a cattleguard on the front of their truck that negates the effect of a bumper in a crash and injures/kills a person, they should be personally responsible. I also think think that flat chrome rear bumpers should be illegal as they reflect the trailing cars headlights right back. If you put a lift kit on your suv and raise the bumper height and your vehicle causes more damage than without the lift kit, you should be responsible for it.
If it's dark and the normal speed limit is 65mph, the speed limit for large trucks and suv's should be about 5mph slower since the braking distance isn't near as good as smaller/lighter vehicles. Large trucks/suvs should not be in the HOV lane with two people. Then again, mothers with an infant in a car seat in the rear shouldn't be there either. There probably ought to be a lane on most highways for lighter vehicles. Maybe change the HOV lane concept into a set a light vehicle lanes and heavy vehicle lanes. I'd love to drive a smaller vehicle or even a motorcycle. Unfortunately, in Texas, it seems that 90% of people drive trucks/suv's. They also drive like crap most of the time so I'm not really keen on getting on the road with a smaller vehicle or motorcycle. On 2/19/06, Kevin Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you drive? > > I drive an SUV with a V8, I don't drive slow, and people in little cars tend > to get in my way! > > Kevin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 6:00 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: SUVs Dangerous, SUVs & Cell Phones ... > > > Schmidt wrote: > > It doesn't say SUV it says truck. Could be a Chevy Silverado or an F-150. > > > > Driving while talking on the cell phone is problematic for some people? > > > > Why the anti-suv sentiment? > > > > First article I read said "SUV" and said that she weaved into the > median, overcorrected, and then rolled it. > > But either way, I don't like SUVs because they get in my way, tend to > make people drive stupid in inclimate weather, and ... well, we had > another thread on this. > > That said, I like SUVs better than Minivans since they tend to drive > slower and dumber. > > I see slow people. It's a gift. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:197400 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
