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Originally Posted by whatnext
I'm with you. As someone who enjoys driving, I hate being stuck behind some soccer-mom behemoth that basically blocks my view of what is going on the road ahead. I wouldn't be suprised if that's a big factor in the increasing accidents.
I have no desire to drive one of these clumsy handling, fuel-sucking barges,
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The most annoying thing is when you want to turn left at a green light waiting for a break in the flow of incoming traffic while a suv across the intersection is also waiting to turn left and you are facing each other in your respective left turn lanes. Due to the size of the suv blocking the view, I sometimes have to move away from the left turn lane and onto the lane with the cars coming my way because I can’t see a damn thing. I have no doubt accidents have happened in the past in situations like this.
Not to mention that pedestrians hit by a suv are something like 50% more subject to severe injuries than if they were hit by a car.