Actually, I'd narrow that down by saying "nobody is IMPRESSED" by your Urban Assault Vehicle. Many people care - I, for one, care that as a driver of a normal-height vehicle, the "heightening" of American traffic is (IMHO) the single greatest cause of road-rage. I HATE not being able to see around or through 60% of the vehicles on the road in traffic. I also care that SUVs - and the general mindset behind them - are a major contributor to the climate crisis we are facing. I care that owning an SUV seems to turn many normally sane, pleasant human beings into entitled, ignorant, dangerous drivers who seem to think that extra bulk means more privilege on the road - their size seems to make them far, far less respectful on the road than the other way around.
I do think there's a place for them (say, if you are in a band and haul a lot of large equipment, and live in a snowy area where 4wd is useful, and you occasionally drive back into the woods behind your house to haul brush... that combo makes an SUV pretty attractive). But hell, if you are going to walk around calling yourself a truck, then ACT like a truck is supposed to, and be more respectful of cars on the road, and don't friggin' drive in the passing lanes, and don't go into garages with 7 foot clearances and tight turns, and don't park in parking spots designed for normal cars... aw hell, I could go on and on.
To sum up: I CARE! But I do think most people who drive them are dicks, particularly Hummers.
Kind of funny, though, that the really big dicks get Hummers...
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Actually, I'd narrow that down by saying "nobody is IMPRESSED" by your Urban Assault Vehicle. Many people care - I, for one, care that as a driver of a normal-height vehicle, the "heightening" of American traffic is (IMHO) the single greatest cause of road-rage. I HATE not being able to see around or through 60% of the vehicles on the road in traffic. I also care that SUVs - and the general mindset behind them - are a major contributor to the climate crisis we are facing. I care that owning an SUV seems to turn many normally sane, pleasant human beings into entitled, ignorant, dangerous drivers who seem to think that extra bulk means more privilege on the road - their size seems to make them far, far less respectful on the road than the other way around.
I do think there's a place for them (say, if you are in a band and haul a lot of large equipment, and live in a snowy area where 4wd is useful, and you occasionally drive back into the woods behind your house to haul brush... that combo makes an SUV pretty attractive). But hell, if you are going to walk around calling yourself a truck, then ACT like a truck is supposed to, and be more respectful of cars on the road, and don't friggin' drive in the passing lanes, and don't go into garages with 7 foot clearances and tight turns, and don't park in parking spots designed for normal cars... aw hell, I could go on and on.
To sum up: I CARE! But I do think most people who drive them are dicks, particularly Hummers.
Kind of funny, though, that the really big dicks get Hummers...
I so completely agree with this.
Now SOMEONE... please tell that to Big Oil?