Over sized
SUVs and pickup trucks irk me. Their behemoth size creates hazards in
parking lots and on crowded roads. If you consider the 5% rule that one
in twenty persons is of questionable competency, then that really adds
up. My wife's friend was ran off the road by one of these "bad boys" who
momentarily drifted into her lane (she's okay, but her car is not).
If
you apply the five percent rule to people who drive undersized vehicles
like Smart cars 'aka' mini vehicles, you are bound see them doing
stupid things also. But the consequences are much less likely to be as
hazardous to others.
When
you consider the purchase price and fuel consumption costs of the
biggest vehicles on the road and the fact that most of them (at least
where I live) are used as single passenger
transports, then I'd say that this is a waste of resources. True, it's
their right. But when our national well being is weakened by serious
trade deficits, I feel that our military expenditures on overseas
ventures are being somewhat wasted on these self-indulgent behaviors of 'mama's boys' and 'daddy's girls' who likely never had to serve their
country. Conspicuous "over consumption" is not in line with the
conservative and patriotic ideals that I believe in.
