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To: Oratam
I've noticed this phenomenon. About half of SUV driver exhibit NO caution when driving in absolutely horrendous conditions.

During the winters when we were stationed up in North Dakota we would drive the 15 miles to town after a snow storm and a majority of the vehicles stuck in the median and on the side were four wheel drives.

It seems that too many of the drivers think that they are under differing laws of physics when in a four wheel drive.

34 posted on 01/31/2014 7:24:52 AM PST by OldMissileer
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To: OldMissileer

Some of these SUVs completely isolate the driver from the driving. I remember a pilot complaining about “fly by wire” technology. In the past, he could learn a lot about outside conditions by just putting his hand on the tiller. With fly by wire, nothing. I think today’s SUVs are like that.


37 posted on 02/01/2014 8:48:49 AM PST by Oratam
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