# This is why I hate SUVs
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-hate-suvs/124918
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [August 21, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-hate-suvs/124918 "2002-08-21T14:08:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-hate-suvs/124918/1 "2002-08-21T14:08:44Z")
1. They are treated as trucks by the government and thus are not held to the same standards for fuel efficiency and exhaust. They are taxed like trucks, but are in fact just station wagons.
2. They are more dangerous to pedestrians, other drivers and their owners. Car talk has an excellent page on SUVs ([www.cartalk.com](http://www.cartalk.com)).
3. There is an inherent hypocrisy to SUVS:
A. SUV advertisements often promote the idea that SUV owners are outdoorspeople, but in fact their use such inefficient vehicles proves they do not care about the outdoors and “four wheeling” is a very destructive activity which in no ways shows any respect for the outdoors.
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### Author:  [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-hate-suvs/124918/2 "2002-08-21T14:44:06Z")
Use one of the other 27 SUV threads on the front page of the Pit. Closed.