Apple is the the master at herding sheep. They have a way of making people believe they invented everything cool. They are like Coors Light, people are willing to pay a premium price for a not so good beer, because its the "cool" beer. They even convinced the government to attack MicroSoft for being a monopoly because they had no competitors, as they were running ads like the Mac vs PC guys. None of their products are new inventions, they are masters at taking what exists, making it work better, and convincing people that its the "coolest".
I drive a pickup truck; part of that reason is safety. I have never hit anyone, but I have been hit several times and I like the idea that if someone hits me, I have a more than reasonable chance that my vehicle is al least the same size as the one that hits mine.
I agree totally that the vast majority of large vehicle drivers don't need them and don't have any idea how to drive them. I also agree that these same people seem to think that they are invincible while driving.
The problem with outlawing SUV's or other large vehicles has two problems:
1. Most people don't know how to drive safely, no matter what vehicle they are in at the time. I have seen more unsafe driving by people with small vehicles than larger vehicles, especially motorcycles. Everyone needs to be better trained and held more accountable for their bad driving, not just drivers of large vehicles.
2. If all large vehicles are eliminated, then the medium sized vehicles would then be the most dangerous. If we keep eliminating "large" vehicles, at what point do we stop? When a Honda Accord is the largest? When any car is too dangerous because you can easily kill someone on a motorcycle? What about an accident involving a motorcycle and a pedestrian? What about a 300 pound man walking into a 100 pound women?
The effort to eliminate large vehicles is treating a symptom not the disease.
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Apple is the the master at herding sheep. They have a way of making people believe they invented everything cool. They are like Coors Light, people are willing to pay a premium price for a not so good beer, because its the "cool" beer. They even convinced the government to attack MicroSoft for being a monopoly because they had no competitors, as they were running ads like the Mac vs PC guys. None of their products are new inventions, they are masters at taking what exists, making it work better, and convincing people that its the "coolest".
I drive a pickup truck; part of that reason is safety. I have never hit anyone, but I have been hit several times and I like the idea that if someone hits me, I have a more than reasonable chance that my vehicle is al least the same size as the one that hits mine. I agree totally that the vast majority of large vehicle drivers don't need them and don't have any idea how to drive them. I also agree that these same people seem to think that they are invincible while driving. The problem with outlawing SUV's or other large vehicles has two problems: 1. Most people don't know how to drive safely, no matter what vehicle they are in at the time. I have seen more unsafe driving by people with small vehicles than larger vehicles, especially motorcycles. Everyone needs to be better trained and held more accountable for their bad driving, not just drivers of large vehicles. 2. If all large vehicles are eliminated, then the medium sized vehicles would then be the most dangerous. If we keep eliminating "large" vehicles, at what point do we stop? When a Honda Accord is the largest? When any car is too dangerous because you can easily kill someone on a motorcycle? What about an accident involving a motorcycle and a pedestrian? What about a 300 pound man walking into a 100 pound women? The effort to eliminate large vehicles is treating a symptom not the disease.