I laugh at S.U.V.’s
But sometimes I wish I had a rocket launcher attached to my Mini Cooper so that I could blow them to smithereens, reducing them to debris on the road in front of me.
I’m not a road rage asshole, I can usually laugh it off. Like when the enormous Ford-o-Saurus I'm following with 18" clearance and off-road suspension slows to a crawl to "navigate" (Pun Intended) over railroad tracks. Jeez – pull over and let someone pass, will ya? I would have already passed, but I can’t see around the damn things.
Yeah, I’m really enjoying myslef while watching this lumbering beast slowly crawl over normal bumps in the road so that it looks like a giant overweight beetle trying to crawl across tall grass. Makes me want to step on it to put it out of it’s misery.
Got that image? Now imagine how funny it is to watch them slow to 15mph as they enter a twist in the road posted at 25mph, a turn that I can easily "navigate" at 40mph, and stay in my lane. No... I can't make that turn at my comfort speed, I have to slow down because the damn thing in front of me might roll over if it tried to turn too quickly.
This has me wondering, since I drive a lot for my job, what do Kossaks drive? Are we the environmentalists we claim to be, or have we succumbed to the automaker siren song of bigger = safer?
I hear from S.U.V. owners that they made their purchasing decision based on safety. They feel that they have an advantage in the snow. They like the view from up high. They have to carry the soccer team to practice.
I suspect 90% of the time the beast has one occupant and 99% of the time the tires are turning on pavement. I used to live in Saratoga NY and I spent perhaps 2 hours a year average driving on snow before the roads were plowed.
Me, I hope S.U.V. owners like paying for fuel. I find it humorous to pull up next to one while I fill my tank to the brim with 14 gallons and the S.U.V. is sucking down 30 gallons for the same 400 miles.