[LurkedLongEnough]

Rush also stated that 48% of the vehicles on CA roads are SUV's

I understand why the law would have an evil aspect, but if it gets rid of most of the SUV's, then it can't be all that bad... The road is overrun with them, not to mention their brainless, dangerous drivers. At least CA roads are built to handle them. CT roads are not.

[smith288]

Nah, its not a good law. Sorry. CA rds are built for street legal motor vehicles. An SUV fits that profile.

[Phantom Lord]

Seems to me you should return to lurking.

[Dimensio]

Hey! It is not very nice to point out the fact that most SUV drivers drive as though traffic laws do not apply to them.

[clintonh8r]

No problem. Just turn away all SUVs at the CT state line, then hunt down and arrest the CT SUV owners and confiscate their vehicles. That should solve it, huh? No wonder you folks keep sending people like Dodd and Lie-berman to DC...

[kellynla]

Tell you what...you stay in CT and let us deal with our problems...I venture to say that with the hundreds of thousands of drivers on CA freeways daily the statistics will show that we have the safest drivers and the fewest accidents per captia in the USA. And we sure don't need any suggestions from CT on what vehicles we should and should not be free to purchase and drive from you or Dimwit Davis.

[ladtx]

The road is overrun with them, not to mention their brainless, dangerous drivers.

I don't see the relation there. There are bad drivers in all types of vehicles. I don't think they gravitate toward SUVs.

[Right Wing Professor]

I understand why the law would have an evil aspect, but if it gets rid of most of the SUV's, then it can't be all that bad... At least CA roads are built to handle them. CT roads are not.

On the contrary, last time I drove in CT, the roads were so bad, I was glad I had an SUV. I don't think I'd want to risk the potholes on I 91 in a regular car; not at 65 mph anyway. Of course, what would happen at 65 mph is largely a theoretical point on Connecticut roads.

[Wm Bach]

I understand why the law would have an evil aspect, but if it gets rid of most of the SUV's, then it can't be all that bad.

I could say the same thing about a tax on pantywaist's cars. Then we could get the ponderous, uncoordinated and feeble people off the road.

[mykdsmom]

I live in Raleigh NC where our SUV numbers have to be close to that of CA. I don't have a problem at all with them on the road, and NO I don't drive one. I do however drive a mini van which I think they are lumping together with the "evil SUV". I don't see SUV drivers being any more agressive than any other drivers in this area.

Of course I've heard about the drivers in CA and I don't think it's the SUV's that make them drive agressive, their reputation for crazy driving is notorious.

Question for you:
How do you get a normal size family, say mom, dad, 3 kids and Fido plus luggage, etc for a two week vacation in a normal size car? Lets say one or more of these kids is an infant, or at least under the age of 3. Remember that third child can't sit up front between mom and dad, that's against the law. Then you need a portable crib, stroller and multiple other supplies needed for babies.

Add to this the HUGE government mandated "safety" car seats for the children. Now you can only seat two kids in the back seat of a normal car that would usually seat 3.

What about the family that would like to tow a boat or camper? Should they use a pickup truck that is limited in seating and perhaps drive 2 vehicles thus contributing even more to the pollution?

MKM

[Sender]

The road is overrun with them, not to mention their brainless, dangerous drivers.

Although it's wrong to stereotype all drivers of a particular type of vehicle, it DOES seem that the most arrogant, inconsiderate, overspeeding, tailgating drivers gravitate toward expensive SUVs...

[reillyoburbank]

Freedom. Does that word mean anything to you. It's all about freedom. We have the right to drive what we want to drive. Since when does anyone in goverment have the right to tell us what to drive. If I want to drive the biggest, honkin' gas guzzling SUV, the government doesn't have anything to say. It's not their business nor is it yours. Maybe you should go back to lurking.

[EricT.]

Isn't CT a suburb of NYC?

We westerners laugh at your puny New England "states". They are too small to even be counties out here.

[ladyinred]

I hope your post was sarcasm!
We have the right in this country to drive the vehicles of our choice, not be dictated to by a bunch of greenies who have their own sicko agenda!
The problem is, the demoRATS have such a handle on FRAUD at the polling place that getting rid of them is next to impossible!