What makes you think there is any abuse regarding driving an SUV and the right to drive an SUV could be removed?
"What makes you think there is any abuse regarding driving an SUV and the right to drive an SUV could be removed?"
Ok, 2 questions: First, as I see it, public roads are meant for transportation. Recreation is merely a side benefit, not the intent. I also perceive that poor gas milage vehicles contribute to our reliance on foreign oil. I don't have actual stats, but, I'll assume numbers most of which should be low.
Assume 100 million vehicles on the road. Assume 1/2 are SUVs that are driven as single occupant non hauling. Assume the average driver goes 15 miles a day, (very low). If an SUV gets 12 mpg, and the alternative vehicle for these drivers gets 20 mpg. The savings of switching from the SUV to the alternative is 25 million gallons of gas per day.
The abuse? We buy oil from the very same people we are fighting. Not exclusively, but to a large degree. Also, oil is a non-renewable resource. The supply is larger than once thought, but, it will run out. What right do we have to use it all?
As for the right being revoked... the government has and will legislate what we can drive. No more full size cars as another poster pointed out.