From: "John Oellrich" 

Geo.,

This is worth repeating. Toughen up the licensing standards!!!!!!!!

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john

oellrich{at}earthlink.net


"Geo."  wrote in message news:3e21e4d3{at}w3.nls.net...
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:3e21d1c8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
> > I'm not bitching about you, or anyone else buying SUV's they are legal,
I
> > just happen to think it's not such a good idea for most people that buy
> > them.  I do bitch about the safety / gas mileage rules and that's
> definitely
> > fair to bitch about.
>
> Is your complaint about vehicles or idiots driving? Seems to me it's
idiots
> and simply toughening up the requirement for getting a license would solve
> that problem.
>
> > That just means that something big is a good idea for you...
>
> What is nice is that I get to decide what is a good idea for me regardless
> of whether or not it's a good idea from your pov. It makes sense to me
that
> a bad driver would want a big more protective vehicle. The real question
is
> that since that does affect everyone else on the road how do you deal with
> it fairly? Do you make the license requirements for different weight class
> vehicles different and ignore the top end speed of each class? Do you look
> at controllability and reduce the requirement for more controllable
> vehicles? Do you just make a level playing field where all vehicles have
the
> same licensing requirements?
>
> Geo.
>
>

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