Ban SUV's NOW!

[jasonl]

That's right, I have grown sick and damn tired of people in their big ass SUVs driving like maniacs on the road. I was tailgated so close by one this morning, all I could see was the front grill and her lights on bright of course. Then when I sped up to move out of her way, she whipped around, cutting off another car just to get around me. EXCUSE THE F OUT OF ME YOU PISSED OFF B*TCH! Besides being big and obnoxious, those things waste gas and for some reason the powerful engines in those things cause people to drive aggressively like that. They all should be outlawed and crushed and these @$$holes that drive them should be forced to drive Toyota Priuses.

I'm really dreading having to commute to work now. Because it's just about EVERY DAMN DAY someone (usually a truck or an SUV) has to be an ahole. The speed limit is 70 but you gotta go at least 80 to not get tailed, cut off, get the bird, etc. These kind of things are giving me anxiety. People need to take a chill pill, slow down and stop being so pissed off at the world.

Sorry about the rant, but thanks for reading. And if all else fails, shoot their tires out.

 

[toggleswitch]

Look at the bird-ie!

Had one in an SUV on the phone, inattentive, working a cigarette and had the music blasting. CLueless as to what was going on aroudn here. She nearly ripped the side of my little Saturn off.

My mother was in the car at the time and I heard words from her that I didn't even know she knew. When she flipped the driver the bird, I nearly died!

 

[jasonl]

Big vs Little

Unfortunately I drive one of the smallest cars on the road, a Bug, and that right there gives the big SUV/truck owners the right to abuse me. Even Helen's Pontiac isn't "big" enough for them. They run her nearly off the road as well. Most of the time, they're on the cell, have their fist clenched on the top of the wheel (a sign of aggression), and they're driving that big thing like they own the road. Forget the turn signals, nobody uses them anymore. I'm waiting for one of them to do something stupid and hit me, then I'll hit them where it really hurts... their wallet.

 

[Cybrvanr]

I've gotten their vengence on an on-ramp a couple of times. I had a guy driving a big Chevy subdivision tailing me all the way down Broad street for some reason. I entered the interstate ramp, and he was right behind me determined to breathe up my tailpipes. I was driving my SAAB 900 at the time, which handles good to say the least. I sped up into the ramp and laid into the turbo to make enough G-forces to distort my face. He tried to keep up and the next time I looked in my rearvied, I wasn't looking at the grill of the SUV, but the SIDE of the big rig...he spun out trying to keep up HEHEHEHEHE!!! I gracefully zoomed out onto the highway without even chirping a tire and never saw him again!

Just remember, when you are in a small car, you will be able to out-handle and out brake, and many times even out accellerate those big SUV's not matter how powerful they are!

Yes, trucks are useful, but I don't see why anybody would want to drive them as daily transportation. There's no sense in using 6000 pounds of metal to haul around one 200 pound person!

 

[spats]

I have this happen on my way to work nearly everyday, and I couldn't agree more with ya. Me, I don't get intimidated and I just continue driving along at my normal speed. If they get aggressive, regardless of the lane I'm in, I will slow down to exactly the speed limit.

hehe, reminds me of this Family Guy clip.

 

[veg-o-matic]

Well.

I drive an SUV and I'm quite polite, thank you. Granted, it's a small SUV, but still.

If you pay attention, anybody, no matter what they drive, has the potential to be a total a-hole when they get behind the wheel.

Even drivers of VWs.

By far, I find it's not the kind of car the person drives, but whether he/she is on the phone. That's where the real trouble starts.

veg

 

[jasonl]

That's one thing the Bug has over the monsters, handling, not acceleration by any means. So a bug can out-swerve but what good is that when these a-holes have the foot to the floor trying to run me out of the way.

Veg, you have a "Cute ute", totally not in the same class as the big guys.

 

[jasonl]

One way to piss off a tailgater especially if you're passing is pass very slowly and let them ride you for a while. Then floor it and change lanes quickly after passing.

Spats, I know the Pittsburg traffic. Y'all even have signs posted along the road "Beware of aggressive drivers". I guess that's the city's way of saying "Deal with it".

 

[exploder321]

Ok... Look at the picture.. We have not 1, not 2, not 3 BUT 4 Ford Explorer's at my house and my ranger and grandpas old truck we are trying to sell...

I admit if you tack me off enough i will talgate your butt, but i did that even in my old infiniti.... It irritates me when people go 55 mph in a 70 or something like that... I do behave otherwise and i feel more secure driving one... I wouldn't get a Chevy Subdivison (love the name) or Ford Expedition... An explorer is fine... Thats pleanty big for most, the new ones have three rows of seats...

I do hate people who have no repsect for others whent they drive them.. I try my damdest to get over in the right lane, set the cruise on the appriporate speed and go on with life.. I don't talk and drive, i don't even smoke and i hate those who even wanna put make up on...

I love my explorers and after the wreck i was in with my Infiniti, i probably won't ever have a car again (maybe a Subaru)...

By the way i am chaning my screen name... Have something more creative in mind...

 

[exploder321]

Excuse me... I made a boo boo.. We only have 3 Exploders not 4.... I got a little carried away... Here's mine... grandma borrowed it cause hers has a flat messed up tire...

 

[rp2813]

Yeah, it's bad enough that these idiots are drivng oversized vehicles they don't even need, but it also seems that there's a genetic commonality among them because they all need to be on the phone while driving. No sense in trying to do anything to indicate your disgust. They're not paying attention to the business of driving and they're certainly not paying attention to you either. I really want to see phone use when behind the wheel outlawed regardless of what type of vehicle you're operating. Who NEEDS to be on the phone while driving? WHAT did they all do before cell phones became available to the masses anyway?

Also, has anyone out there given any thought to the situation we all face as these vehicles age and are sold to people who can't afford a new car and can't afford to put adequate tires on them? We're going to have roadways littered with rolling bald-tired death machines. Be careful out there and steer clear of these jokers whenever possible.

 

[washertalk]

Jason I hear you but you worry me. Don't commit property damage, now

Yes SUV suck:
alot of gas.
brains cels from their owner,
visual space while driving.

What I find really funny is that in the 70s and 80s when full size station wagons were still being made and there was no real SUV class. Cars such as the Mercury Colony Park, Pontiac Parisianne, and the Buick Estate Wagon.

SUVs are mere tall station wagons.

Noone would be caught dead driving a station wagon. Yet an SUV? get real people. All these illusions of bigness. come on. It is laughable! It is like the same logic that got george bush jr. nominated in 2000. Why? Just WHY? crazy

I had an 02' Toyota RAV4 which I luvd. I bought it BECAUSE is was the smallest suv like vehicle I could find that would be able to move an appliance like a washer, which it did good. Lost it when an 18 y.o. slammed into my car and totalled it last year.

It is said that those who drive these rediculous vehicles are making up for other "short" comings in there life. Not that I have anything about short people but it is funny to see some 5-4 overweight guy climb out of a suburban with overly large tires. LOL they need a step to get into the vehicle. Or a petite woman for that matter. It takes a ladder to get in and out. LOL

How many time I have seen these idiots not be able to park correctly at the store. You can tell they shouldn't be driving these because their vision is scewd and the vehicles ends up on the line or over the line. LOL

I looked at the lincoln navigator? avviator? elevator? I don't know? scrap metal on wheels. what ever. this was when they came out in 99? I just had to see how rediculous.
It was like a Winnebago!
I'm wondering- where is the bathroom.
Add some built-in furniture, were ready for camping.

I have seen several of these things in front of peoples homes with for sale signs in the windows. Just sitting there for months. Hello.

Don't be intimidated. They have no special powers. They still take up one spot on the road like everyone else.
They can't run over others. If they even attempted you would have a nice lawsuit to serve them.

 

[washertalk]

(probably the most shameful desire I have is that I like 70s80s large station wagons. ahh.
But, But, Other than the one our family had a 83 brown Ford Crown Victoria LTD, I have not owned any though!!! Yes it got like 16-18 mile per gallon. I said I am ashamed.
Still my fav is the 80s Mercury Colony Park either with or without the faux wood grain panels on the sides. )
(walking away from the computer with head slung low)

But, Hey, I may have driven a bit dangerourly as a teen but I never tryed to intimidate anyone with it. LOL

 

[exploder321]

ALthough my Infiniti wasn't damaged too bad, the wrekc involved an 18 wheeler and pallats all over I-40.... I surivived with minmal injurys... The Lady in the Saturn Ion had more injurys but was ok.. The Young man in the Kia wasn't so fortunate... I would love to have had on of the big honking 1995-1996 Caprice/Buick wagons, but couldn't find one... I guess my fears came from the wreck...

Who knows....

Alright Keep SUV bashing

 

[veg-o-matic]

Veg's Rule of SUVs:

The bigger the SUV, the less likely it is to be driven by someone who actually needs it.

veg the philosopher

 

[frigilux]

Hey! What's going on here? I thought we supposed to LIKE big, wasteful machines. Did I miss the memo stating otherwise?

 

[toggleswitch]

Mine is bigger than yours........

~The bigger the SUV, the less likely it is to be driven by someone who actually needs it.

I think it's the MORE likely they need it. No, not to haul goreceries or washers or kids, but to prevent themselves from getting killed stupidly due to their bad driving, that is.

And the bigger the car the more macho you feel you are, silly. Compensating for a lack of er..uh... well you know.

(ducks and runs)

 

[jasonl]

Water's cheaper than gas

Water's plentiful, gas ain't.

And washing machines bring out the love and friendliness in us all, while SUV's bring out the road rage.

 

[foraloysius]

Apparently wasteful in using electricity, not gas. LOL