>What makes an SUV an irresponsible car? Irresponsible drivers make >mistakes... they are not sports cars and should not be driven as >one. > >Otherwise....Extremely Dangerous offroad? Are u nuts.. While there >is a danger is is very small for the avg. offroaders and the danger >is to the driver who chose to take the risk not bystanders.
I don't know of any argument I've ever mustered against offroaders endangering themselves offroad. I'm not sure all offroaders are informed about the dangers, and as a consumer of insurance I'd like to see actuaries charge them rates which reflect real dangers, but whatever. The main problem, obviously, is that, by and large, the vehicles are not used for offroading but for driving on city streets and other streets with regular vehicles, and pose an unnecessary risk to other drivers. In effect drivers who choose to drive larger SUVs on regular roads when they don't have real reason for doing so are saying (knowingly or otherwise) "up yours" to the massive percentage increase in danger to occupants of other cars while, depending on whom you ask, they may be slightly improving the safety, or the perception of safety, of their own occupants. Drive all you want offroad, endanger your life, use all the gas you want. That's not the main thrust of the safety argument against SUVs. You're not addressing the main safety issue here. A recent book has brought these points out. Here is part of a review that deals more specifically with the danger to other drivers issue, than with the personal endangermenet from rollover or claimed offroad use: http://www.evworld.com/databases/printit.cfm?storyid=448 MM Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
