# Sensitive ass SUV drivers **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 23, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509 "2000-08-23T21:30:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Deep\_Thought](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Deep\_Thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deep_Thought)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/261 "2001-02-03T14:34:34Z")
I think everyone’s missing the real issue, by trying to associate the driver’s style too closely with the vehicle they choose to own. Sure, I also find SUVs annoying from time to time, although if I’m honest I’d find it hard to tell you exactly why. The conspicuous consumption issue and one-upmanship is objectionable, and I think these folks are frequently just suckers for the TV ad image. But that’s not it. The real problem is not down to SUV drivers especially, it’s ANYTHING drivers. The general standard of driving skill is so appallingly bad in the US that I would guess 35% of people currently tooling around out there should not be allowed control of a Tonka toy, never mind an automobile. The seven deadly things I see every single day: 1. No signals for turn or lane changes 2. Hogging the overtaking lane for no reason 3. Cutting across two lanes to make a missed exit because of 2) 4. Not looking in mirrors, generally awful observation skills 5. Excessive speeding, especially at inappropriate times in heavy traffic 6. Tailgating, and last but best… 7. Talking on that fucking cellphone while driving I suggest the entire nation is immediately forced to do a re-test to a patrol car driving standard (which is not that demanding either), and if they fail, get mandatory professional training before doing the test again. After all, if you are fit to be on the road, you’ll pass the test, right? Do I hear any objections, and if so, why? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/262 "2001-02-03T15:59:06Z")
I’ve posted about this all before. I think historically speaking there are some clear parallels across the decades. Why is the demonizing of the SUV all that different than the demonizing of: “Muscle Cars” in the 1960’s (big, gas-guzzlers, hard to park, driven by “one-upmanship-crazed teenagers who smoke the marijuana cigarettes and have unprotected sex…”) Station Wagons in the 1970’s (big, gas-guzzlers, hard to park, driven by “one-upmanship-crazed conformist Suburbanite Nixon-voters from Pleasant Valley…”) Minivans in the 1980’s (somewhat big, gas-guzzlers, hard to park, driven by “one-upmanship-crazed Baby Boomers and crazed Moms with “Baby on Board” signs on **every single damn window!** …”) And SUVs in the 1990’s (big, gas-guzzlers, hard to park, driven by “one-upmanship-crazed psychopaths and energy-hogs who only want to openly sodomize sweet Mother Earth…”) Kinda funny, the hatred of SUVs, if one thinks back a bit. ---
**Author:** ![fatherjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@fatherjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatherjohn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/263 "2001-03-02T03:07:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > \*\*I’ve posted about this all before. > > I think historically speaking there are some clear parallels across the decades. Why is the demonizing of the SUV all that different than the demonizing of: > > “Muscle Cars” in the 1960’s (big, gas-guzzlers, hard to park, driven by “one-upmanship-crazed teenagers who smoke the marijuana cigarettes and have unprotected sex…”) > > \*\* Well, at least SUV’s have more “dry storage space” than “muscle cars,” right? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/264 "2001-03-02T10:00:11Z")
Do you _really_ need two threads at a time to make an ass out of yourself, **fatherjohn**? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/265 "2001-03-02T10:26:24Z")
Oh, this is rich. He first gets trounced in this thread, pusses out and starts another thread… THEN he gets trounced in that thread too, and runs back HERE with his tail 'tween his legs!! And he’s STILL making irrelevant, unrelated, _non-sequitor_-ish posts!! Oh, man, he’s like a Monty Python ping-pong ball! ---
**Author:** ![fatherjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@fatherjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatherjohn)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/266 "2001-03-03T02:21:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE Bo Diddly \* > \*\*Oh, this is rich. He first gets trounced in this thread, pusses out and starts another thread… THEN he gets trounced in that thread too, and runs back HERE with his tail 'tween his legs!! And he’s STILL making irrelevant, unrelated, _non-sequitor_-ish posts!! > > Oh, man, he’s like a Monty Python ping-pong ball! \*\* “Sorry to ‘sink your battleship.’” Source: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=35772&pagenumber=5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=35772&pagenumber=5) ---
**Author:** ![fatherjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@fatherjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatherjohn)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/267 "2001-03-03T14:55:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Do you _really_ need two threads at a time to make an ass out of yourself, **fatherjohn**? \*\* Trust me, you’re doing a fine job with very little help on the part of **fatherjohn** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/268 "2001-03-06T19:36:44Z")
Go Coldy! Get Stupid! It’s your birthday! I think that fa **t** he **r** j **o** hn’ **ll** want to retract his statement. I read it to mean that Coldfire is doing a good job of making fatherjohn look like a jackass without any help. ---
**Author:** ![fatherjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@fatherjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatherjohn)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/269 "2001-03-07T01:08:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Cynical \* > \*\* I read it to mean that Coldfire is doing a good job of making fatherjohn look like a jackass without any help. \*\* **Se** e Mr. Cy **ni** ca **l** misr **e** ad. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/270 "2001-03-07T01:22:10Z")
Congrats. Another astonishing example of not being able to think for yourself, sonnyjim. I’m going to look at this in the light of imitation being the sincerest form of flattery. ---
**Author:** ![fatherjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@fatherjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatherjohn)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/271 "2001-03-07T02:09:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Cynical \* > \*\*Congrats. Another astonishing example of not being able to think for yourself, sonnyjim. I’m going to look at this in the light of imitation being the sincerest form of flattery. \*\* umm, whatever gramps ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/272 "2001-03-07T02:45:53Z")
Mods, is this thread sufficiently dead enough yet? Or, are you getting some kind of weird thrill watching sonnyjim want to be me? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2001, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/273 "2001-03-07T09:19:21Z")
Am I the only one who’s noted the similarity ‘tween Ol’ John’s posts and the way a Furby speaks? ---
**Author:** ![fatherjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@fatherjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatherjohn)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/274 "2001-03-08T02:29:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Cynical \* > \*\*Mods, is this thread sufficiently dead enough yet? Or, are you getting some kind of weird thrill watching sonnyjim want to be me? \*\* Mods, is **Mr. Cynical** sufficiently dead enough yet? _ducking and running_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/275 "2001-03-08T02:41:54Z")
How’s it feel to be my bitch, fatherjohn? 😃 Now, say something! HURRY! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2001, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509/276 "2001-03-08T04:40:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE Bo Diddly \* > \*\*Am I the only one who’s noted the similarity ‘tween Ol’ John’s posts and the way a Furby speaks? \*\* “It has its own language, Furbish, but learns to speak English through positive reinforcement.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509.md?page=13)