Originally Posted by randya
As bicyclists, we should all keep in mind that the problems with SUVs' accident avoidance manueverability makes us all extremely vulnerable when the *unskilled potentially distracted* SUV driver is *startled* by a bicyclist that *appeared out of nowhere*....
"It's like you're driving down a road in suburbia," Champion said. "Suddenly, a kid on a bicycle veers out in front of you. You have to do whatever it takes to avoid the kid...."
Even without the tractor trailer coming from the other direction, this is still potentially a very dangerous scenario for the cyclist.
Maybe if you can't demonstrate a true *need* for one of these vehicles, you simply shouldn't be allowed to own one in the first place...or maybe they should be banned from our public streets for safety reasons!
Good post.
Maybe the tax laws need to be changed so that doctors and lawyers can't deduct their Expeditions and H2's as "company vehicles", when they are really more a statement about "mine's bigger than yours", rather than a requirement for their business.
And, while we're at it, we could raise the gas tax a bit to pay for the war on terrorism and encourage wiser vehicle choices.
We're the fattest nation on earth, and we drive the fattest vehicles too, and government policy encourages it...kind of sad, eh?