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Anonymous
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Learn how to drive. |
Anonymous
yea you're right. The suburban SUV driver. and to the last PP, I know how to drive, no worries here. |
Anonymous
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No OP has a point. I'm a suburban small sedan driver living out in SUV and minivan country. I fear for our lives each morning when I drop the kids off. Its sort of like being the midget in a parade of dumb giants. My pet peeve is that you can never see around these things. Leaving the neighborhood where the school is there is a lane for turning left and a lane for turning right. The big minivan or SUV pulls so far up and often partially into the road you simply can see if traffic is clear to turn right.
Parking spaces are big out in the suburbs but try going anyway with smaller spots. There are always a handful of unusable parking spots becuase two SUV or minivans have parked over the lines and only a motorcycle could get into the middle spot. |
Anonymous
no OP's point is she dislikes the idea of the 'suburb.' |
Anonymous
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I live in the burbs and drive a smaller car. I second what the 13:47 PP said. I cannot stand not being able to see around or over those behemoth SUVs.
And, I feel like my children aren't safe if one of them were to crash into me. We'd be flattened. It's almost enough to make me buy a bigger car. But I'd hate driving something so big and that requires so much fuel. |
Anonymous
| Another stupid thread. Middlebrow. |
Anonymous
No, OP's point is that s/he dislikes dumb SUV drivers, and the only people that actually think it's a good idea to own one of those too-big beast-of-a-vehicle SUVs live in the burbs. No one living in the city in their right mind would drive a huge SUV; they are impractical for city living, take up too much space, guzzle gas, release more emisions and pollute at a higher rate...(need I go on?) I would venture to say that if these oversized SUV owners tried to drive a normal sized car in DC, they probably wouldn't be able to do it. If you don't know how to drive down narrow streets, you have no business being here. Stick to your strip malls, please, or use the metro if you want to be in the city! |
Anonymous
Do we live in the same city? I don't think so. |
Anonymous
Why so bitter against those who don't live in DC? Seriously, we just had that war not too long ago. Anyway - I work in DC and see plenty of SUVs with DC tags. I was born and raised in DC but also lived in New York, Chicago, London and Athens. Believe me, DC is not a real city - it is not walkable in most areas (most people in DC need a car and many have at least one car), and no tall buildings. I'd consider it a mini-city, but it isn't a city in the true sense of the word. And in all the places I lived, the meanest ones live right here in DC. But back to the topic at hand - I completely agree that SUVs are dangerous and those who talk on cell phones while driving are putting many lives at risk. Both should be banned. |
Anonymous
FOR REAL! I grew up in NYC and my mom still lives in the city, I go up at least 2 weekends a month. I chose to live in the burbs, why bother in DC? People are so stiff in DC. yawn! The only reason we even live here is DH is a lobbyist, if now, I'd totally move back to NYC, DC has NONE of that energy, not even a drop. And the subway? Whatever. |
Anonymous
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Yes! I dont know which is worse, SUV's or those obnoxious trucks that are built with a bed that's microscopic because the only thing you can haul in those things is the driver's fat ass.
They should charge an Asshole Tax for purchases like that. |
Anonymous
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Two things to contribute: I agree with the PPs who complained that DC's city-ness is disappointing for those with experience in more established cities. That said, both the truly walkable areas and most of the almost burb-y residential neighborhoods in Upper NW still have streets too narrow for some of the land yachts out there. Yes, there are many SUV drivers with DC plates, but the most extreme vehicles here (if I paid more attention to car models I could name the giganto-SUVs... sorry) belong to suburbanites who have wandered outside of their comfort zones. And even the more moderate suburban SUV drivers do seem to be eternally on the phone and surprised by pedestrians.
A funny (at least I think it's funny): I live in Adams Morgan and am often stopped on Saturday nights by circling suburbanites looking for parking who, seeing me walking, ask if I'm returning to my car! Sometimes, I try to discourage timid parallel parkers, especially if I've had to use my family's humble compact car and want the spot for myself. After 10 minutes of their fruitless wiggling, I might ask, "Do you really think you fit in this spot?" They usually insist that they're gonna park right there, thank you very much, but so often just can't do it, either because they really don't fit, or because they don't know how to parallel park. If they do manage to get themselves in, they're a mile from the curb and crooked. Then there are the MD and VA drivers who charge the wrong way down my one-way street, often in reverse because that somehow makes it ok. |
Anonymous
| Sorry to say, I think there are bad and irresponsible drivers from both city and suburbs. I pulled up next to an erratic (DC) driver near Dupont a few weeks ago who was eating cereal AND texting while she drove. It was horrifying. And don't even get me started about the (mostly suburban) drivers who treat my residential street (with an elementary school!!) as the autobahn each AM and PM as they hustle to the Beltway. |
Anonymous
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As long as there are child safety laws requiring seats and boosters, and a desire to car-pool (net lower number of vehicles on the road) there will be SUVs.
I have one, hate it and only drive it when I need to, but we can pile into the back of the station wagon the way we did as kids anymore. |
Anonymous
| er, can't |