RE: SUV's

["Rob Winchell" <rbw@avs.com>]

> Well, opinions obviously vary.  It all goes back to a brain,
> though.  Drive a Range Rover like you would an UrQ and you will
> most likely be in the weeds.  But, who would, is my question?  To
> think that an otherwise good driver somehow goes bad because they
> feel safe in the "steel cocoon" is bs.  That people don't take
> the time to learn how to fly a Mooney after stepping out of a
> Piper Cub is what, the fault of the plane?  Ain't buying it here.


The problem is this: who is more dangerous, a bad driver in a Lincoln
Navigator or a bad driver in a Honda Civic? The answer is the bad driver in
the Lincoln, of course. So as more and more bad drivers step up into the big
rigs, the more dangerous it gets. That's one of the reasons I sold my little
Nissan and bought my 200Q - so I'd at least have a chance in an accident.

I think the majority of people are bad drivers. They don't understand at all
the capabilities of their vehicle. Now put them in a vehicle with poor
handling, long stopping distances and 3 tons of weight and see what happens.

Rob Winchell
91 200Q
87 4kCS