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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: [QB] Uh-oh... Now I'm going to get rolling. Liz brought up a lot of points that all roll together in my head into one macropoint. I guess I call it the distinction between "liscensed operators of motor vehicles" and "drivers". The former category encompasses all the fucktards who somehow managed to get the DMV to issue them a card that says they know what they're doing behind the wheel. The latter category is people who have taken the time and spent the effort to acquire a degree of finesse behind the wheel. Let me elucidate. I have no problem with SUVs in theory. I personally am planning on eventually owning no less than four cars between me and my fiance�. A Ford Bronco to haul stuff (infrequently driven), a Ford Crown Victoria police interceptor for long-distance schleps and trips to the grocery store (somewhat more frequently driven), my DeLorean for other in-town trips and the occasional weekend getaway (fairly frequently driven), and whatever car Jen eventually sets her heart on for much the same purpose for her. The reason I lay all that out is because some people seem to think an SUV is the only vehicle they need. Bull. It's fine for bringing home cement and cinder blocks to build a garden wall. It's wasteful overkill for dropping your six-year-old off at school. As for the other matters. I have a multi-disc CD changer so I don't have to twiddle with the radio en route, and even then the controls are repeated on the steering wheel. I am getting a cel phone next week, and I plan on only having it turned on when I am neither driving nor anyplace where it would be disruptive (restaurants, cinemas, buses, etc.). The most reckless thing I do while driving is to occasionally be eating something. Now on to the finer points. One of the reasons I think most people shouldn't be allowed to drive SUVs is because they have no sense of the size of their vehicle. I've lost track of the number of SUVs that have almost clipped my front end off cutting in front of me on the freeway -- or who almost drift sidelong into me because they fill their lane so much they have no leeway for inattention. Then there are all the little things. Speeding. Darting in and out. Tailgating. Peeling out. Changing lanes or turning without signaling. There are so many, and they add up to such big results. *sigh* All are signs of someone who doesn't know enough about how cars work to be in good conscience permitted to operate one... and someone who is so self-centred they [i]definitely[/i] shouldn't be allowed behind the wheel of a two-ton-plus killing machine. --Jonah [/QB][/QUOTE]
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