Hummer Drivers Get More Tickets. A Lot More.

[hill]

Bumper sticker, anyone?







Parental warning:
Do NOT stick these anywhere except your OWN property. (hehehe)



My all time favorite:

[effwitt]

Originally Posted by hill

My all time favorite:

So is the opposite true for Prius drivers?

[jayman]

It is for *this* Prius driver

[toxicity]

Originally Posted by effwitt

So is the opposite true for Prius drivers?

We need the high fuel economy because of the weight of *ahem* that certain part of the male body!

[TonyPSchaefer]

I love the laughing doctor.

[Rybold]

Originally Posted by patsparks

A well designed car puts a pedestrian up on the bonnet away from the tyres if they hit a pedestrian, these stupid things put them on the ground in front of those moster tyres after tearing out the kneecaps. Gotta make sure they can't scamble out the way.

Back when I was in high school, I was hit by an old man while walking across a crosswalk (he was making a right turn, and going about 20mph, and hit me from behind). I ended up on top of his hood and when his car came to a stop, I flew forward (not too fast at all) back onto my feet. I had no injuries. A nearby policeman stopped and later told me the man was 90 years old and he told him to go get an eye exam. Anyhow, I guess I've never really though of this before, but based on physics, if a Civic, Corolla, Camry, etc hits a pedestrian, the pedestrian's center of mass is above the hood; so the pedestrian will almost never be run over. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

(so, how in the heck to SUVs get around pedestrian crash safety requirements???)

[jeffreykb]

Originally Posted by jayman

Originally Posted by jayman

2004 Toyota Prius "B", Tideland Pearl
2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser 5AT "C", Sun Fusion

Jayman...nice vehcle choices. I suspect that you might "understand more" than some folks here and some of the SUV crowd.

[jayman]

Originally Posted by jeffreykb

Jayman...nice vehcle choices. I suspect that you might "understand more" than some folks here and some of the SUV crowd.

Each vehicle has its purpose, and the Prius gets used at least 90% of the time

I have remote property that is right at the end of a 4.5 km gravel sideroad. It could get iffy in winter, but what finally clinched it was a logger got a contract on Crown Land to harvest some mature timber. The gravel sideroad is an absolute disaster right now, and will likely stay that way for the next 2-3 years

I got a good deal on the FJ, and drive is sensibly. That is, I actually use winter tires in winter, even though it's a 4wd. I currently have studless winter tires, and have preordered Nokian factory studded winter tires for next winter

So I'm a bit of a rebel. I have a Prius and I have an FJ. There is a lot of misinformation out there on both vehicles. For example, although I personally have not experienced windishield cracks or fender bulges/rips on my FJ, I have seen FJ's with this problem. Most of them are highway drivers, too

I also run Ubuntu on the computer I use for internet access. So I have experience with all the flavors of Windows, but for personal use run a Debian based OS

[richard schumacher]

Originally Posted by toxicity

We need the high fuel economy because of the weight of *ahem* that certain part of the male body!

Ah! Finally, an explanation for the old question about Priuses leaning to the left :_>

[joe1347]