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From: third rock from the Sun
Registered: Sep 2004

posted November 04, 2005 05:47 PM         

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One thing many SUV buyers like about their vehicles is the increased visibility. They feel like they can see farther down the road over the roofs of other cars. But that long-distance line of sight comes at a price that can be tragic.

What SUV drivers can't see is what's close behind them and, when backing out of a driveway or parking spot, that could be a person. In many cases, it's a small child.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/tipsandadvice/11/03/backover/index.html

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From: somewhere out there
Registered: Apr 2004

posted November 04, 2005 09:05 PM         

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I was ranting about this yesterday because while picking up my son fron his afterschool place.. we were attempting to leave the parking lot there and there was an SUV (one of the HUGE ones that really has no place being in that lot) that couldn't make the turn because it was too big and had to back up to attempt to maneuvre out of the lot.

The ONLY reason it didn't run over my Saturn (it came ReALLY close and the front of my Saturn was nearly under the backside of it) is because one of the people that work there had to yell and make a commotion.

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posted November 04, 2005 09:06 PM         

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oh wait this comment in that article is really making me angry right now:

"If we take the attitude that any new technology, down the road, should just be mandated because it saved a few lives," he sad, "that is very dangerous public policy because you just start pricing vehicles well beyond what a lot of people can afford."

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