Is your SUV killing innocent people?

[Airlift]

Leave it to Lex to bring my little car into the fray. I'll stand by my gas mileage, and I carpool whenever possible. I also get the added benefit of never driving a big group of people around, which the suckers in the SUVs always end up having to do.

SUVs are more than just gas guzzlers, they are a serious threat to anyone else on the roads or even in the parking lots of the nation. It's like a personal arms race where everybody wants the biggest car so when they smash into the other guy, he dies instead. So we end up with an army of people driving alone in huge trucks when they barely have the driving skills to handle a sedan.

[�io]

Originally posted by Lexington_Steele
Dio, if you didn't want people replying to your message you shouldn't have taken potshots at Americans.

There's a difference between talking about general idiots and personally insulting someone. I never mentioned Unreg or any other person nor was my "potshot" direct towards them, i was telling Airlift that i think his views are awesome because a lot of what you see on the net from americans is the

Explain to me again why I should care what the rest of the world thinks about me?

attitude. I was just telling Airlift i think he rocks, I never attacked anybody here.

ok...so this isn't about SUVs anymore...

well, i love canadians... because i love Dio.

Back at ya babe!

If you're ever in Quebec gimme a call.


And yes please let's stop this whole canada bashing thing and get back to the topic.

[BLuE_ZeRO]

The topic has been exhausted already. "Is your SUV killing innocent people?" Simple answer: NO!

[�io]

Well the topic is more than just my question in the subject header. I wanted to know what people think about the ADs and why they should or should not be on air.etc

[Airlift]

Hrm, Sorry to have taken a wide tangeant then.

My opinion is that the ads are dumb as hell, but I think SUVs are pure shite perptuated by the domestic oil industry and the automakers, and gobbled up by porcine consumers. I don't care if they put them on the TV any more than I care that the drug czars are drawing the same connection between weed and terrorism. The simple fact of the matter is that if you can afford to make a commercial and put it on TV, you can do it. There are a ton of dishonest, misleading, or just plain idiotic TV ads. This is just more garbage for the airwaves.

[BLuE_ZeRO]

People don't buy SUVs for offroad purposes for the most part. They're people movers just like a mini van but people want other options than just a mini van. That's why people buy SUVs.

As for falling asleep on the road that has absolutely nothing to do with a SUV. People can fall asleep in any car and get in an accident. Cars are potential body bags unless you use them correctly. It's not just SUVs and if you think that you're retarded. People don't realize just how dangerous the car their driving can be. They do stupid things and innocent people get hurt. If you don't like SUVs don't buy one and stop bitching.

As for the ads they are just bs end of story.

[Unregistered]

Your right Airlift I am not the center of the world, and neither is the United States.

BUT The rest of the world keeps sticking there nose in my bussiness, and the rest of the world keeps coming in here telling me how my government should do things.

Tell ya what.

I don't care what anyone thinks about me, or the life I lead. If I want to get as fat as i can and have a Semi hual my ass from Buffet to Buffet while getting 2 miles per gallon what bussiness of it is yours or anyone elses?

What does Canada have to do with Americans driving SUV's?

How exactly is calling a ***** a ***** being racist? I never mentioned race once, but that is the typical libral additude when someone tells the truth. "Oh your a racisit". Last time I checked Islam was not a race it was a religion. What libral PC term are we using for Religous Fanatic these days? Turban/Towel? Would a rose by any other name not smell the same?

The whole point is the NO ONE in the world can seem to mind their own bussiness anymore. George orwell was scared of Big Brother, but little did he know it would be Little Brother that ruined the world.

And yes I will agree that the rise and fall of the mission was not due to the SUV. I was illistrating the point that people who don't have lash out against the people that do.

Talk all the shit you want, but I doubt any of the rest of you were ever Homeless and living under a bridge. I worked my way out of the gutter and now I have the good life. Cry me a river cause I could care less what anyone thinks about me. I got everything I have through hard work. Can you say the same?

And Dio....I no more attacked you personally then you attacked me.

Tell me why is it you insit to concern yourself with what is happening here in America? The only time I concern myself with Canada is when one of your loudmouth politicians starts bad mouthing the U.S.

[Zumthor]

Yeah, i think the main problem with SUV's is that people cant drive them. SUV's are built on truck beds, so they dont drive like regular cars, and since people who drive SUV's drive them like they are regular cars, they end up causing alot of accidents.

[BLuE_ZeRO]

That's true Zumthor. People need to realize what they're driving and learn how to safely handle one. That goes for any car and that's why they have those things called "Driving tests" to make sure you know basically how to handle one before they send you off on the roads. They need something like "SUV: This isn't a car" tests.

BTW unreg jesus that's a long post

[�io]

What about the hybrid aspect?

Anybody else think be it SUVs or not hybrids just = better?

I myself would like to have a clean planet for futur generations.

[Incompetent]

a guy that falls asleep driving an SUV can cause a shitload more damage then a guy driving a saturn.

[BLuE_ZeRO]

Hybrids aren't better just yet but they're getting there. They also need to get better designers for their cars. What the hell were they thinking when they designed those?

[�io]

Yeah obviously they aren't Vipers or Ferraris but i meant concerning the whole gas/oil thing. That Viper is damn nice but it's still destroying the planet.

[BLuE_ZeRO]

Originally posted by Incompetent
a guy that falls asleep driving an SUV can cause a shitload more damage then a guy driving a saturn.

A guy driving a semi can do alot more damage when they fall asleep as well. Should we get rid of those? Hey if a pilot of an airplane falls asleep and crashes into something that would do alot of damage to. Let's get rid of planes.

The fact of the matter is that when anyone falls asleep behind the wheel they can do alot of damage regardless of what you're driving. The responsibility is on the shoulders of the driver to not fall asleep not the car manufacturer.

[Incompetent]

last i looked you had to do more then breath to get a pilots licsence or to become a truck driver.