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I agree Adrian, and would add (long) Posted by Michael [Email]  (#1365) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Michael) on Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:45:08
In Reply to: Personally..., Adrian, Fri, 22 Nov 2002 21:27:55 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Since we all know that 94% of SUV's never leave the road, then they are not being used for what they were orginally designed to do...therefore, everyone is buying them for something other than the off-road utility they offer. What are the reasons then? Perception of more safety and image. Since they stop very poorly, turn and handle abysmally, and have slow acceleration, the only safety they offer is to be found in the physics of two vehicles meeting in a crash (which, by the way, is much more likely to happen in an SUV for the above reasons plus the cell phone which seems to be required for piloting an SUV), which is of course at the expense of the other driver. I can only conclude that SUV drivers are socially aggressive, and their drivers are selfish. Add the higher level of pollutants these things put out and it becomes even more clear that these drivers are self-centered. And finally, the social status that seems to accrue to SUV drivers in a certain segement of the population (for reasons I can't explain) and we have, I think a composite view of the SUV driver as socially aggressive, self-centered, appearance concious, and enviromentally irresponsible. By the way, these are facts supported by many demographic studies,and well-known to the automobile industry. 50 years from now we will look back on the '90s and laugh at the way literally millions of fashion-addled women (and men) who would never even think of stepping onto a forest trail were driving empty 4000 lb. trucks with 9 inches of clearance and 4-wheel drive around in the strip malls and housing developments of suburbia.
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