An astute observation, indeed!talon2mech wrote:People can't drive period. They are just as dangerous with a shopping cart as they are with an SUV. If you feel intimidated drive something bigger...
It's true, though. If you've had a 'near miss' with someone in the supermarket aisles, it's often interesting to observe (& thus avoid! 
) them in the car park afterwards! As for the bigger vehicle syndrome, I think there's something inherant about smaller cars that causes folk to think they can intimidate them. I had a Ford KA for a year and it was surprising how folk thought they could just force me aside (off the road, even) at will. If it was my right of way, I always stuck them out - on principal! I even had a youth walk across the road in front of my moving vehicle, and shout "Woman's car!" at me. It's funny how they turn pale as you screech to a halt, rapidly reverse & leap out of the car with "Got a problem, son?" (Even funnier if you just happen to have been wearing a knee-length denim skirt at the time, and they didn't even notice! :cheer: )Now, I hate to quote myself, but I did put myself seriously on the line last week, so here goes:
"Quite a lot of these (SUV/4WD) vehicles, despite their height and width, scarcely accomodate 4 in any comfort. However, I will endeavour to make a point of counting occupants over the next week, and if I see more than one with that many people in it, I'll wear tr*users for a whole day!!"
To make it fair, I've gone out (at least twice) every day, religiously noting SUV occupation - until today, usually one, occasionally two occupant(s). Today, I actually saw a 'three' - a woman driving, with two young kiddies loose in the back, one standing at the window, the other draped over the front seatback. Not just irresponsible, but also illegal here in the UK! So, no compulsory bifurcation for me (& I specially washed my tr*users, :yuck: just in case!)! :badlaugh:
