Originally posted by Djudd
Not to be argumentative here but training is an ancillary point. There are some vehicles that do not belong on the road, these things are just too large to be safe, even in some military situations their girth proved to be too unwieldy. Now add to that a driver who is watching television or listening to one of his 4 cd players or whatever. Unsafe at any speed
I think driver training has everything to do with it. As for the width... a Ford F350 truck has an even wider footprint. A Hummer H1 has a width of 81.2". An F350 duelly which is the same class of vehicle has a width of 94.7". Would you also exclude them? Even a non-duelly F350 is not much leaner at 79.0". Ambulances and work-trucks are typically 95" or more wide. If people can learn how to drive these vehicles through effective training then it is possible for people to learn to drive Hummers effectively. You make it sound as if the Hummer's width stretchs from sea-to-shining-sea. Let's look at other vehicles of other classes too. Corvette - 73.6", Ferrari 360 - 75.7", Dodge Viper - 76.0", mid-90's Chevy Impala - 77.5", Audi A8 - 79". All of these are not that much thinner than a Hummer H1. Most are within half a foot of being as wide.