Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers
10-20-2003, 01:47 AM
#1041
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Re: Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers
I don't see that in California, it's the little rice burner with
the megaphone exhaust tips that are zipping through many lanes of
traffic to cut people off, I don't think I've ever been past by an SUV.
Of course, we shoot people who get out of line.
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FDRanger92 wrote:
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> SUVs generally have a higher center of gravity than the pickups of the same
> platform whether the pickup is loaded or not. As far as minivans go, the
> people that drive them around here tend to drive like old ladies, whereas
> many of the SUV drivers seem to think they own the road and drive the
> stinkin things like a Ferrari instead of a truck.
the megaphone exhaust tips that are zipping through many lanes of
traffic to cut people off, I don't think I've ever been past by an SUV.
Of course, we shoot people who get out of line.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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FDRanger92 wrote:
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> SUVs generally have a higher center of gravity than the pickups of the same
> platform whether the pickup is loaded or not. As far as minivans go, the
> people that drive them around here tend to drive like old ladies, whereas
> many of the SUV drivers seem to think they own the road and drive the
> stinkin things like a Ferrari instead of a truck.
10-20-2003, 01:47 AM
#1042
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Re: Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers
I don't see that in California, it's the little rice burner with
the megaphone exhaust tips that are zipping through many lanes of
traffic to cut people off, I don't think I've ever been past by an SUV.
Of course, we shoot people who get out of line.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
FDRanger92 wrote:
>
> SUVs generally have a higher center of gravity than the pickups of the same
> platform whether the pickup is loaded or not. As far as minivans go, the
> people that drive them around here tend to drive like old ladies, whereas
> many of the SUV drivers seem to think they own the road and drive the
> stinkin things like a Ferrari instead of a truck.
the megaphone exhaust tips that are zipping through many lanes of
traffic to cut people off, I don't think I've ever been past by an SUV.
Of course, we shoot people who get out of line.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
FDRanger92 wrote:
>
> SUVs generally have a higher center of gravity than the pickups of the same
> platform whether the pickup is loaded or not. As far as minivans go, the
> people that drive them around here tend to drive like old ladies, whereas
> many of the SUV drivers seem to think they own the road and drive the
> stinkin things like a Ferrari instead of a truck.
10-20-2003, 01:51 AM
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Re: Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers
"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote:
> Not that simple. Nothing is utterly fair.
All right, poor choice of words. But a whole lot more equitable than what we have
now, that I'll stand behind.
> Taxing gas is unfair to
> people who live in rural areas and need to drive longer distances on
> average.
So is charging for gas, by that measure.
--Aardwolf.
10-20-2003, 01:51 AM
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Re: Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers
"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote:
> Not that simple. Nothing is utterly fair.
All right, poor choice of words. But a whole lot more equitable than what we have
now, that I'll stand behind.
> Taxing gas is unfair to
> people who live in rural areas and need to drive longer distances on
> average.
So is charging for gas, by that measure.
--Aardwolf.
10-20-2003, 01:51 AM
#1045
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Re: Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers
"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote:
> Not that simple. Nothing is utterly fair.
All right, poor choice of words. But a whole lot more equitable than what we have
now, that I'll stand behind.
> Taxing gas is unfair to
> people who live in rural areas and need to drive longer distances on
> average.
So is charging for gas, by that measure.
--Aardwolf.
10-20-2003, 05:21 AM
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Re: Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers
Big? Heavy?
You mean it's in the same class as one of these?
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...ros/index.html
I never fail to be amused by what Americans call "trucks".
:-)
DAS
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"Lloyd Parker" <lparker@NOSPAMemory.edu> wrote in message
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> I agree. I've driven a loaner ML320, and while it handled and drove
fairly
> pleasantly, you never forgot it was a big, heavy, high-cg truck.
You mean it's in the same class as one of these?
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...ros/index.html
I never fail to be amused by what Americans call "trucks".
:-)
DAS
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"Lloyd Parker" <lparker@NOSPAMemory.edu> wrote in message
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> I agree. I've driven a loaner ML320, and while it handled and drove
fairly
> pleasantly, you never forgot it was a big, heavy, high-cg truck.
10-20-2003, 05:21 AM
#1047
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Re: Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers
Big? Heavy?
You mean it's in the same class as one of these?
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...ros/index.html
I never fail to be amused by what Americans call "trucks".
:-)
DAS
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"Lloyd Parker" <lparker@NOSPAMemory.edu> wrote in message
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> I agree. I've driven a loaner ML320, and while it handled and drove
fairly
> pleasantly, you never forgot it was a big, heavy, high-cg truck.
You mean it's in the same class as one of these?
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...ros/index.html
I never fail to be amused by what Americans call "trucks".
:-)
DAS
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"Lloyd Parker" <lparker@NOSPAMemory.edu> wrote in message
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> I agree. I've driven a loaner ML320, and while it handled and drove
fairly
> pleasantly, you never forgot it was a big, heavy, high-cg truck.
10-20-2003, 05:21 AM
#1048
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Re: Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers
Big? Heavy?
You mean it's in the same class as one of these?
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...ros/index.html
I never fail to be amused by what Americans call "trucks".
:-)
DAS
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"Lloyd Parker" <lparker@NOSPAMemory.edu> wrote in message
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> I agree. I've driven a loaner ML320, and while it handled and drove
fairly
> pleasantly, you never forgot it was a big, heavy, high-cg truck.
You mean it's in the same class as one of these?
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...ros/index.html
I never fail to be amused by what Americans call "trucks".
:-)
DAS
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"Lloyd Parker" <lparker@NOSPAMemory.edu> wrote in message
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> I agree. I've driven a loaner ML320, and while it handled and drove
fairly
> pleasantly, you never forgot it was a big, heavy, high-cg truck.
10-20-2003, 05:22 AM
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Re: Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers
I don't think so!
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...ros/index.html
;-)
DAS
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"Marc" <whineryy@yifan.net> wrote in message
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> That trucks, even those like the ML55 AMG, still handle like trucks.
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http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...ros/index.html
;-)
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"Marc" <whineryy@yifan.net> wrote in message
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> That trucks, even those like the ML55 AMG, still handle like trucks.
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10-20-2003, 05:22 AM
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Re: Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers
I don't think so!
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...ros/index.html
;-)
DAS
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"Marc" <whineryy@yifan.net> wrote in message
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> That trucks, even those like the ML55 AMG, still handle like trucks.
> ...............................
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...ros/index.html
;-)
DAS
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"Marc" <whineryy@yifan.net> wrote in message
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> That trucks, even those like the ML55 AMG, still handle like trucks.
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