Author Topic: Sure Glad I drive a 4x4 (Read 3258 times)

Maybe I'm just weird, but I felt much safer driving either my BMW 3 series or My Civic EX coupe when I had them vs. my Toyota.

Better, braking, better handling leads to avoiding accidents in the first place.

Side rant

Our drivers ed in this country sucks, people have no clue about what their cars and trucks can do and won't do. It just opps I killed someone ahh let the insurance sort it out.

mudaddict · « **Reply #14 on:** Jun 10, 2007, 06:35:33 PM »

i feel safer in my toy then my focus i want another truck its just nice to be up high i know there is a diff in handling and all that but i would rather drive my truck then my focus i cant get hurt to much in my truck then i can with my focus! when im in my car i drive like a jack

and when im in my truck i drive normal like i should no speeding no quick lane changes or anything!

BLACKDOG · « **Reply #15 on:** Jun 11, 2007, 04:24:31 PM »

Worst part about this, is many people are watching this video and saying "Time to outlaw SUVs, and big trucks!! We need to make our roads safer!!" Instead of addressing the real problems, the drivers

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #16 on:** Jun 11, 2007, 04:37:23 PM »

Quote from: BLACKDOG on Jun 11, 2007, 04:24:31 PM

Worst part about this, is many people are watching this video and saying "Time to outlaw SUVs, and big trucks!! We need to make our roads safer!!" Instead of addressing the real problems, the drivers

Zachry! I can see them wringing their hands wondering how to save us!

NT-OUTBACK · « **Reply #17 on:** Jun 11, 2007, 05:06:01 PM »

Quote from: BLACKDOG on Jun 11, 2007, 04:24:31 PM

"Time to outlaw SUVs, and big trucks!!

That is already being worked out naturally with oil futures, soon we will all ride mopeds and think Harleys are the devil

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #18 on:** Jun 11, 2007, 05:10:06 PM »

Quote from: 9VLick on Jun 11, 2007, 05:06:01 PM

That is already being worked out naturally with oil futures, soon we will all ride mopeds and think Harleys are the devil

Not I.

BLACKDOG · « **Reply #19 on:** Jun 11, 2007, 07:37:12 PM »

Quote from: abnormaltoy on Jun 11, 2007, 05:10:06 PM

Not I.

red · « **Reply #20 on:** Jun 11, 2007, 08:42:42 PM »

hmmm, ride my motorcycle or take my 81 gmc. depends on how much money i have.

te51levin · « **Reply #21 on:** Jun 13, 2007, 11:19:34 PM »

My car is smaller even than that Civic ('85 MR2). Mrs. drives a Camry wagon, a better car than any SUV, and not prone to flopping on its side if she needs to steer hard. If my name is on the paperwork, she will not be driving anything tall. I'm very firmly in the accident avoidance camp.

Definately agreed that there is a huge compatibility problem between certain vehicles - basically, between ginormous truck-based SUVs driven like Porsches by self-important people with sawdust for brains and no regard for the basic laws of physics, and...well...every other vehicle on the road.

Obviously this isn't aimed at all people in all trucks - I wouldn't be here if I was anti-truck - but there are more than a few of them being driven that way in my neck of the woods, and I don't think everybody ought to be forced into buying APCs just to protect themselves from people who refuse to aknowledge the limits of themselves and their vehicles. Dumb people eagerly follow trends, and the trend has been towards larger, heavier, more powerful vehicles that give the driver less sensation of speed and make him/her tend to feel pretty full of themselves.

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