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Old 02-12-2012, 04:59 PM   #13 (permalink)
Ladogaboy
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Originally Posted by 5.4 View Post
See that the thing here in Ontario, if someone owns a large suv most (not always) they are the more calm driver (trying to save more fuel or just the fact the suv is slower) and they drive more safely, not the hothead in his small manual coupe.

And there's the cost factor that a large car here is almost twice the price of a small one (yes I know it depends) so your not going to be getting inexperienced first time drivers in massive suv's.
I actually see the opposite behavior here. Those with bigger vehicles tend to try and bully their way down the road, whether it be merging into gaps that are too small or refusing to let other cars onto the road.

And in terms of speed, I get passed on the freeway (by an excessive margin I might add) by SUVs just as often as I do by Camrys and Priuses. I'm sorry, but 80-90 mph is not a safe, slow speed for a Tahoe, Navigator, Excursion, Escalade, Hummer, Armada, Sequoia, etc. But they drive that way anyway.
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