After reading all the posts so far I have to say this. SUV's themselves aren't the problem, even though the Hummer 2 is even uglier than that Pontiac abomination that defames the name of a very cool poster here. The problem is the drivers. And while I don't mean to categorize all SUV owners in this group, we all know what I'm talking about.
They're the ones still sitting there when the light turns green, talking on their cell phone. When they do take off, they accelerate at a snail's pace. In my case, at the school zone just ahead, I slow down to the appropriate speed and the SUV's I left behind a mile back come flying past me at well over 50 mph. These are the same jerks that barely reach the speed limit when the weather is clear but once a good rain starts they nail the gas and go flying through traffic like bats out of hell. These are the jerks that create chaos in every parking lot they use. They can't align their vehicle properly within the painted lines, they don't pull all the way into a space and leave half the behemoth sticking out in the lane, or they just park in the fire lane in front of the store to do their shopping. They try to enter the interstate from the offramp doing all of 30 mph, jump out into the fast lane, and plod along at below the posted speed limit refusing to move over for anyone. Then once they get tired of being passed on both sides, or they finally hang up the cell phone, they do speed up and do their best to intimidate other drivers.
Meanwhile the police ignore them while searching for seatbelt violators.
Mike.
