....I would most definitely choose to be the person in the 4x4 who is still alive after some other irresponsible driver causes me to be involved in an accident, rather than possibly the dead driver of a smaller car which crumpled to oblivion.
As an aside, I read that in a survey carried out in the states which assessed carbon "footprints" of 74 vehicles, the Toyota Prius (or pious as it's colloquially known) came out bottom of the pile in 74th place with the worst ratings for carbon emmisions from production to disposal, and the number 1 car for least emmissions was the Jeep Wrangler.
hmmmmmm..........
I am not aggressive as a driver. I do not tailgate and I most definatly do not drive fast.I find SUV drivers are amongst the most aggressive drivers on the road, they're up there with white van man.
They tail gate and drive faster than most.
I think the "I'm alright Jack" attitude about coming off better in a crash if you're in a SUV is very selfish as it exposes other drivers to greater risk.
In the meantime I will continue to feel safe in my large heavy vehicle while I have to take my chances on the Irish roads.
I can’t answer for other posters but I find men in 4X4’s to be aggressive, speed and tailgate. My issues with women using them for school runs etc are no different to the general issues outlined above, in particular the selfishness of using a vehicle that is more dangerous to other road users as outlined so well be General ZodMethinks some posters have a problem with women driving these vehicles. Maybe the reason they are the transport of choice is simply that they are Moms.
People movers are about the same height, maybe slightly lower but from my experience they are a better height than 4X4’s. By the way, your comments are quite sexist. My mother in law does some of the picking up of my children and she drives a Fiesta.The car seats are usually in the back of Mammy's car, not Dads. Dad drives his car to work and parks it. Mammy brings the kids to school, to games, to the doctor etc. The buggy will be in her boot, not Dads. The children most often travel their mother's car.
It is Mammy who has to lift them in and out of the child seats, it is much easier to lift a heavy toddler upinto a seat than downinto said seat, because one does not have to bend ones back while lifting a heavy load. In fact it is easier for everyone to get into, and out of, a higher vehicle, esp grandma.
Don't know how the people carriers stack up against this, maybe they are the same in terms of height etc?
PS. Last year, John Creedon invited listeners to give examples of things that illustrate the Celtic Tiger . The one that won was " fellas driving 4x4s and avoiding potholes "
I can’t answer for other posters but I find men in 4X4’s to be aggressive, speed and tailgate.
By the way, your comments are quite sexist.
You'll feel safe. That's great!
What about if you hit someone in a Nissan Micra. They won't be safe. But don't worry too much about it - you'll be safe!
If you looked at t[broken link removed] I linked to earlier, you would know the answer to your rhetorical question. Subcompact cars are pretty much equal to other catagories of cars (including large/luxury) in relation to the risk to other drivers on the road.Presumably, for example, being hit by a heavier saloon car like a Mercedes is worse than being hit by a Micra - do we ban all cars over a certain weight?
If you looked at t[broken link removed] I linked to earlier, you would know the answer to your rhetorical question. Subcompact cars are pretty much equal to other catagories of cars (including large/luxury) in relation to the risk to other drivers on the road.
In my experience SUV drivers are:
1) making a showy display to everyone that they have the ability to borrow and/or waste copious amounts of money to prove their 'status'.
2) are lazy,arrogant drivers: they mount the pavement when parking rather than manoevering into the parking space.
3) have no regard for minimizing oil consumption whatsoever.
4) have no regard for drivers of normal vehicles i.e.cars: when sitting behind an SUV the exhaust fumes entering your vehicle are exacerbated due to the higher level of the exhaust on the SUV.
5) in rural areas,boghoppers and in urban areas, compensating for something. That's the men anyway and the women tend to be wives of them who are often so small and dumpy that they could do with a step-ladder to get in and cushion to sit on to see over the sterering wheel.
6)people who would go to any lengths to justify their existence.
In fairness this is more generalising that makes little sense and does not seem to be a reasoned argument.
1) making a showy display to everyone that they have the ability to borrow and/or waste copious amounts of money to prove their 'status'.
6)people who would go to any lengths to justify their existence.
Some of the arguments put up by some of the anti SUV crowd beggar belief because there are cars out there which are more expensive and have higher fuel consumption - begrudgery is my take on a lot of it.
Anyone who continues to drive with bull bars is an idiot - but by my observation anyway most 4x4s (including mine) don't have them.
Perhaps they have the bull bars together with a front winch fitted for a reason . . . I know of a few people that have used the bull bars as a means of mooring ballons before liftoff.
The other is the fact that businesses commericalise the 4x4s to avail of cheaper tax on purchase, vat back on diesel and benefit in kind.Look at the number of crew cab pickups and 4x4 commericals that are on our roads. Compare to other European countries.
T bloody soccer mom
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