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Article #1179Re: If everyone would drive GEO metros
From: Don Quijote
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:24
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:24
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"Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<vvucugthh1vkc1@corp.supernews.com>... > > True. Kudos for the Liberty and similar models. But shame on the big > > behemoths. The issue here is SAFETY and they are a THREAT TO SMALLER > > VEHICLES > > I drive those "smaller" vehicles because they make sense to me, and I say, > "So what?" to the behemoths. I am not threatened by them because I know how > to be a defensive driver. The issue that you have skimmed over is that all > SUVs are not behemoths, but I have never seen a list that describes which > SUVs are a problem and which are OK. All I have ever seen is ranting and > raving that SUVs (presumably all of them) are rolling death traps, and this > is clearly a misrepresentation of the truth, if not a flat out lie. You may be a very defensive driver, but surviving those behemoth SUVs zigzaging around you is a matter of luck. So good luck! Let's learn from Big Brother and keep the heat on... ;) With enough of that kind of thing, even antisocial SUV drivers might find the disapproval associated w/driving their vehicles too much to take. If the campaign seems far-fetched, don't forget that the U.S. government produced similar propaganda during WWII. (My favorite slogan: "Should brave men die so you can drive?") http://www.mowabb.com/ai/archives/2003_01_14.html
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb58e,1cbadeec9ea67202 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb58e,public X-Google-Thread: fd92c,1cbadeec9ea67202 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd92c,public X-Google-Thread: 10607c,1cbadeec9ea67202 X-Google-Attributes: gid10607c,public X-Google-Thread: 10df74,1cbadeec9ea67202 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public X-Google-Thread: 110a63,1cbadeec9ea67202 X-Google-Attributes: gid110a63,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-01-10 08:24:19 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!postnews2.google.com!not-for-mail From: donquijote1111@yahoo.com (Don Quijote) Newsgroups: ca.environment,uk.environment,talk.environment,sci.environment,alt.politics.greens Subject: Re: If everyone would drive GEO metros Date: 10 Jan 2004 08:24:18 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 25 Message-ID: <d82348eb.0401100824.32fbfea5@posting.google.com> References: <d82348eb.0401072037.676a733c@posting.google.com> <g9frvvsq1pc7092164800rai4acsou0ncq@4ax.com> <vvri3g69pdgn26@corp.supernews.com> <TtfE3cF8rc$$EwcI@wookie.demon.co.uk> <vvrq998d9m6550@corp.supernews.com> <d82348eb.0401091304.4982f82a@posting.google.com> <vvucugthh1vkc1@corp.supernews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 169.139.19.133 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1073751859 24790 127.0.0.1 (10 Jan 2004 16:24:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:24:19 +0000 (UTC)