Mkebenn, I have no problem with people driving SUV's who truly need them because of inclement conditions... although during our once-every-three-years snowstorms, I see an awful lot of 4WD vehicles slidin' around. You still gotta know how to drive in it; that's most important. I don't, so I live close enough to my office and to the hospital that if worse comes to worse, I can walk. I'd walk every day except that sometimes I have to be able to get from the office to the hospital in a big hurry.

However, it's my understanding that collisions involving SUV's and standard passenger cars result in more destruction and loss of life than those that involve two passenger cars. SUV's are taller, so they simply plow over the smaller cars. I don't like the idea of having to buy something big just so that I won't feel dwarfed on the road.