[TheForge] High performance vehicles- was Table Saw Law

[Saint Phlip]

Frostig, I was on another List, and made a passing comment about how
SUVs ought to be banned for most people. I got a response from a lady,
on the List, about how wonderful her SUV was. She had been driving
home from Albany in the previous weekend's heavy snow fall, and she
said, and I quote, "Oh, SUVs are wonderful. I was driving home last
weekend in our SUV, at 45 mph, and we had 0 visibility."

I rest my case.

I like SUVs.
I've been driving them for years, long before they became  as popular
as they are, but the problem with them is that most of the idiots
driving them don't understand 2 things-

1. They may GO in bad weather where a 2wd vehicle won't, but they
don't SROP any faster than a 2wd vehicle.

2. Just because they're larger than most vehicles, they don't have
more right-of-way than other vehicles.

Ford has a cute comment on their websites:

" Remember that even advanced technology cannot overcome the laws of physics."

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:
> "Oh shit, now I've gone and done it," is your  motto isn't it Andy?
>
> SUVs are in almost everybody's driveway, garage, etc. here in cold country.
> We figure a bounty on motor homes would be good. However, if we want
> reasonably safe roads making it hard to get and keep a licence, (you know
> the old timey driving is a privelege, NOT a right, attitude?) might go a
> long way.
>
> There's a list of bad habits, lack of basic knowlege and lack of situational
> awareness issues I can go into but . . .
> Jer

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Saint Phlip

So, you think your data is safe?
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Heat it up
Hit it hard
Repent as necessary.

Priorities:

It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools which make the smith.

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