Ban SUVs on NY City streets?

[Cyberian]

If you want to drive an off-road behemoth, you might start by getting off the city's streets, a state lawmaker says.

A Queens assemblyman wants to ban monster sport-utility vehicles from New York City's streets and parkways.

Daily News

 

[Zim Hosein]

This assemblyman's an idiot IMO

 

[KokomoGST]

They should get potholes off NY city streets first!

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Originally posted by: KokomoGST
They should get potholes off NY city streets first!

Yea, true. That guys an idiot, you can't just ban SUV's.

 

[Ornery]

"They're too big for the city. They generate too much pollution. I think the law would deter people from having SUVs in the city," said Milen Radunovich, 18, a Manhattan student.

Are these the same folks who voted for Gore? Why yes. Yes they are!

 

[Deeko]

Wouldn't upset me. I live in Philly, and while SUV's have their place in this world, a big city is NOT one of them.

 

[nodoubts2k]

Come on, they arent that big

 

[KokomoGST]

Let's put it this way... I've tried a few times to drive my Eclipse (non-lowered) through Manhattan... midtown a few times. Even my old Neon took a severe pounding... I thought I had blown out my tires a few times in the unavoidable 'I'll swallow the car'-size potholes.

SUVs don't belong in a crowded environment... but if you can't drive a regular car without destroying it over the potholes... you bet your @$$ I'm going to be driving my Ford Exploder up and down 5th Avenue. And that's even despite the fact that I HATE... HATE SUVs... I hate driving them as well.

 

[KGB1]

I drive an Astro, doesn't affect me

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: LuNoTiCK

Originally posted by: KokomoGST
They should get potholes off NY city streets first!

Yea, true. That guys an idiot, you can't just ban SUV's.

I'm not sure.

I think that some of the larger ones are actually registered as trucks. They might be able to ban trucks without commercial plates within the city limits.

 

[Zee]

i think if it's over 3 tons, it's qualified as a truck.

This is just a bunch of wasted air and ink. Ban will never go through

 

[Freejack2]

Maybe he wants to get these off the streets...

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

First they should ban big rigs from rolling down 2nd Ave in midtown

 

[Actaeon]

It'll never pass, but I wouldn't mind.

 

[ReiAyanami]

SUVs contribute to road-wear

overweight cars + shoddy road construction (or "average" since its all by union construction workers) + rain = potholes

of course rain +SUVs by itself is a less than optimal combination due to the higher center of gravity and excessively increased momentum

 

[SithSolo1]

Like someone already said: "They aren't that big."

 

[Lithium381]

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
SUVs contribute to road-wear

overweight cars + shoddy road construction (or "average" since its all by union construction workers) + rain = potholes

of course rain +SUVs by itself is a less than optimal combination due to the higher center of gravity and excessively increased momentum

SUV + Idiot driver is a worse combo

 

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Originally posted by: Freejack2
Maybe he wants to get these off the streets...

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