SUV drivers should be subject to National Speed Limit! (auto, credit, towing)

[8 SNAKE]

Originally Posted by burdell

I don't know how much economy is affecting that, on my most fun rides I usually manage to get my motorcycle mpg down to less than my car yields

I would agree. For the most part, I still think people are making decisions based on personal preference more than anything else. There are exceptions, of course.

[8 SNAKE]

Originally Posted by Bydand

Show me a Prius that can haul 6 adults and pull my trailer while getting good mileage and I will be all over it.

I'll ask one better. Show me a Prius that's better for the environment than your Suburban (from production to junk yard). I haven't seen one yet.

[DDevil]

Originally Posted by 58robbo

they are a danger to people who chose to drive smaller cars. most heavy vehicles especially suv's and trucks have very poor braking performance and their ability to swerve at speed without rolling is questionable!

Can you name a few suv's and trucks that have very poor braking performance? Compared to? Any real statstics?

And how many times in a day do we all need to "swerve at speed"?

[58robbo]

Originally Posted by Bydand

Show me a Prius that can haul 6 adults and pull my trailer while getting good mileage and I will be all over it. In the meantime though you will see me piloting the ol' Suburban down the road full of people all the time and pulling a trailer of some sort the rest of the time. These threads are foolishness.

well done for your environmental efforts (carrying a full load is much better than cruising around solo) i commend you for this! i still think that while i am forced to pay taxes to bailout overzealous homeowners and perhaps while they handing out laws and regulation carte blanche they'll take one of mine on board and get you to drive slower!

[58robbo]

Originally Posted by Bydand

Show me a Prius that can haul 6 adults and pull my trailer while getting good mileage and I will be all over it. In the meantime though you will see me piloting the ol' Suburban down the road full of people all the time and pulling a trailer of some sort the rest of the time. These threads are foolishness.

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[58robbo]

Originally Posted by 8 SNAKE

I would agree. For the most part, I still think people are making decisions based on personal preference more than anything else. There are exceptions, of course.

it's those exceptions i'm referring to. if i had stats i'd give them to you. what i do know is that every suv driver i know has cited safety as one of the main reasons

[rcarbuilder]

here i am driving down the freeway at 55 in my suburban...along comes a semi that weighs 80,000 lbs. should he have to drive at 45 cause i`m scared he will run me over? your question requires two answers. first if your scared stay home on the couch. second thing is there is only one thing that will truely fix the future coming energy crisis and that is zero population growth. laugh all you want. someday it will be passed into law by the world federated government. it will have to happen unless a big war takes care of the problem. in the short term you are right about the 55mph speed limit. right now most everone i see speeding down the freeway is in a smaller car. the feel they are entitled to drive as fast as they want and make as many wasted trips as they want because of driving in their little pepsi cans. mccain wants to remove the gas tax and you want to add more. sorry i can`t vote for you.

[Niners fan]

Originally Posted by Tek_Freek

This idea has no merit and is dangerous at best. Dropping limits for large vehicles only places them in the slow lane, which is the entry lane. I would prefer not having to merge with a non-stop line of semis and SUVs.

Originally Posted by Dwatted Wabbit

Oh pul-eeze. This idea is inane because it's the difference in speed between vehicles that contributes more to crash conditions than speed, period.

These two posts have it right. While I appreciate your sentiment (but couldn't disagree more with it) speed per se does not kill. No one has ever died because they were going too fast. Differential speed kills, that is, when something runs into something else moving at a different speed or not moving at all.

By creating a two-tiered passenger vehicle speed limit you are increasing the differential speeds and it will result in more injuries and deaths.

But then again, what's a little human suffering if it is for the righteous cause of Big Green, right?

[58robbo]

Originally Posted by DDevil

Can you name a few suv's and trucks that have very poor braking performance? Compared to? Any real statstics?

And how many times in a day do we all need to "swerve at speed"?

all of them. compared to most cars. nah don't feel like trolling the web for them.

you probably never need to swerve at speed. but the first time you do could be the last time you do. that also goes for the poor b******d who gets pole-axed by you in the process!

[58robbo]

Originally Posted by 8 SNAKE

I'll ask one better. Show me a Prius that's better for the environment than your Suburban (from production to junk yard). I haven't seen one yet.

there you go!