Originally Posted by
pallen
Its ironic to me that the rednecks in trucks seem to be the ones most annoyed by cyclists on the road, yet when I'm in the car its the rednecks in trucks or giant SUVs slowing me down the most. Despite being 20ft in the air, they still have to slow to a crawl to pull in the slight incline into the parking lot or just make a turn. When you are in a parking lot, they have to make complicated maneuvers and 30pt turns because their over-sized land yachts cant navigate tight spaces. I wish society would be as impatient with them as they are with cyclists.
A coworker of mine says to aim for the big SUV when your brakes fail, because they've only got one person in them anyway, lots of empty space to absorb the impact.
Really I like smaller, rear-wheel drive cars. They maneuver great, you can see everything around you, and they accelerate real quick with a tiny little engine. Mazda MX-5 Miata is an awesome daily. Why anyone would drive a gigantic SUV that handles like a boat and runs on front wheel drive off a 150hp 4cyl I'll never know. Even with a V8 engine, wtf? It's too much garbage to play with, not enough handling and visibility; that huge 400HP engine won't help you when some moron reaches into his back seat and skids his car into your lane at 70mph on the highway and you have to swing your car out of the way and around him. You're gonna roll over if you don't just cruise right into the wreckage skidding as hard as you can on your brakes.