Re[2]: [at-l] Why off topic, SUV's

[TrailR@xxxxxxx (TrailR@xxxxxxx)]

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In a message dated 1/7/2003 2:41:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ellen@clinic.net writes:

> In among the rhetoric, were some facts, that SUV users ought to consider.
> I've
> heard again and again on this list and elsewhere about the number of lives
> SUVs
> save.
>

I never mentioned that. Not my reason for having one. I like how much room
there is, how much it will carry. Usually chocked full for Gatherings &
Rucks. Family
vacations too.

> The article and the book from which the article is drawn, quotes industry,
> insurance and government figures that show that you are more likely to die
> driving an SUV than in most other cars on the road. Children are especially
> vulnerable when being driven in an SUV.
>

Life is too short to drive a Kia.... Drive a Chevy Tahoe... In the
commercials they
are always on Mountains.. ;-)

> Most of the extra deaths are single-vehicle accidents. SUV users seem to be
> killing themselves at alarming rates, rates that approach snowmobile deaths
> in
> Maine. Four have died already and most of us have only had significant snow
> for
> about two weeks.
>

Again... Stupid people.... No matter what they drive.
I stay home when it's icy/snowy...  Unless there is a trailhead to get to...
Or if its an emergency....

hotdog

> Weary