Let me say up front that I am not calling for a SUV ban.
But… SUVs certainly make one feel less vulnerable and may encourage aggressive behavior. If we all drove around in small cars with a large spike protruding from the steering wheel, you can bet we’d see more courteous drivers.
Not that I’m call for that either.
Personally I'd rather have hubcaps like the ones on Messala's chariot in "Ben-Hur"....wheel-cutters
In my experience, 90% of SUV drivers don't know how to drive them (they're a truck, not a car) This includes men and women (and several friends of mine).
However, the biggest idiots on the road are always driving a Mercedes. I don't know why, but every time I see someone driving like an a**, it's always a Mercedes.
Oh, and Maine drivers. They are either doing 90 MPH, or 40 MPH. There is nothing in between.
They are designed and marketed specifically to that end. The headlights and grilles are designed specifically to look aggressive and animalistic. The whole Silly Useless Vehicle phenomenon is a bunch of pathetic micropenile jerks trying to compensate for their perceived shortcomings, and the auto companies' rolling in the dough catering to that.