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To: Bella_Bru
My complaint is that it seems as though many of the drivers of SUVs thinking driving a larger, allegedly safer vehicle absolves them of the responsibility of not driving like an a@@hole.

I see this comment all the time on Free Republic from extremely uptight non-SUV owners, and can only help but wonder where the hell this idea comes from??? Almost all SUV drives I see, because of the added weight, and sluggishness of stoping and going, actually drive the way a car is intended too. Its always the guys in small economy cars that go 90 on a crowded highway switching lanes (even breakdown lanes), and its not always some punk high school kid either.

Another thing ive noticed: A pet peave of mine is when your pulling out of gas station or something and you have to cross trafic to get to the other side of the road, and the oncoming traffic will have a red light and NOBODY stops to let you cross. They're all sitting their oblivious to the world around them as they rush down only to stop 20 feet later, and all the cars blocking you in. Anyways, i've noticed that 9 times out of 10, the car that does stop to let you cross is an SUV. And ive noticed that before i joined the SUV club.

293 posted on 05/09/2005 1:54:51 PM PDT by chudogg (www.chudogg.blogspot.com)
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To: chudogg

They zip around cars here on the freeways. Maybe their thought is this: I have a bigger vehicle that you don't want to collide with therefore you'll let me have my way.


305 posted on 05/09/2005 2:16:55 PM PDT by Bella_Bru (www.JewsforJudaism.org)
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