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Good morning, America!
Are you anywhere near a parking lot?

Let me warn you right now, you're in for a war.
There's someone a-waitin' to take your parkin' spot.
She's hell on wheels, he's the new big deal;
She's America's true sweetheart.

Oh, she's a 90 pound suburban housewife,
Drivin' in her SUV.
Talkin' on her cell phone,
Oblivious to you and me.
Kids in the back seat,
Watchin' the little T.V.
She's a 90 pound suburban housewife,
Drivin' in her SUV.

There I was a-drivin' down U.S. Highway One.
In my little Corolla, enjoyin' the noon day sun.
Then all of a sudden, I heard her engine roar
With rhino bars scarin' little cars, goin' to the grocery stores.

Oh, she's a 90 pound suburban housewife,
Drivin' in her SUV.
Talkin' on her cell phone,
Oblivious to you and me.
Kids in the back seat,
Watchin' the little T.V.
She's a 90 pound suburban housewife,
Drivin' in her SUV.

She may be your neighbor, he may be your wife;
She may be your mother for the rest of your life.
But one thing's for certain, I think you'll all agree:
With tons of steel and four big wheels, she'll be drivin' like an S.O.B.

Oh, she's a 90 pound suburban housewife,
Drivin' in her SUV.
Talkin' on her cell phone,
Oblivious to you and me.
Kids in the back seat,
Watchin' the little T.V.
She's a 90 pound suburban housewife,
Drivin' in her SUV.

Source : http://www.autoblog.com/2006/05/08/humourous-song-pokes-fun-give-message-about-suv-drivers/#comments

kinda cool how the song is getting super popular, lots of SUV bashing these days with the raging gas prices. As much as I love the high driving position I can't take the finger pointing at all! And lately there's been a lot of "haters" towards SUV drivers but then again I don't blame them. They are hated for many good reasons espically when the driver behind it is extremely unexperienced to handle certain driving situations. That's mostly my beef if you ask me, if you can pay for it by all means go for it, but if your going to kill others to save your own then boy you deserve to be pointed at...

I had one SUV (a jeep cherokee) for a couple years. You feel you're well protected and you have all this power, but it's a false sense of security. SUVs have a hard time stopping, do not take curves well, and you cannot make sudden moves in them. I saw so many kids with them in my daughter's high school and think that is one of the WORST cars to give an inexperienced kid driver.

Jeep actually makes one of the better SUVs - they are unibody construction like cars, making them lighter and stronger than the cheap bolt the truck body on chassi.

I honestly think the majority of SUV drivers would find CUV's, station wagons, and large sedans would meet their needs without hardships. If 80% of US SUV drivers had done that, gas prices would not be the hot political topic it is now, roads would be safer and in better repair.

speaking of suv let me share a story that happened to me this morning.

There was a red light so I as usual put my foot off the accelerator and then put the shifter into N. Then I noticed a red haired woman, trying to force me to go faster, even though I was less than 100 meters away from the red light. She then starts screaming at the top of her lungs, pointing and then yelling any word she can think of to make me to go faster. Since my left window was open, I pointed towards the red light and everytime I did she began to get more violent as she tried her best to make me move. Not only she tried speeding up and slowing down the most shocking part was she tried to swerve into my rear by moving left and then right. I swear a little bit more agressive and her jeep would have tipped over so easily. Finally when the lane allowed one to turn left she speeded up so that she can stop next to me to give me more of a yelling. This is where my trance music was blazing loud and as she pulled up next to me (she had a lot of space in front of her, but she had to stop to look at me) I looked straight ahead and bogged my head up and down like a rocker. She tried to get to me but all i heard was electronica going through my ears as I stop towards the red light, she stopped too duh since she was trying to make a left. As the light turn green I passed her and THEN as usual I gave her my magic finger.

Needless to say, I was still shaken up and was still not proud of what happened. If her jeep did tip over... I would have felt somewhat responsible but ****, red haired soccor moms... clam down don't you get it? That suv is poisoning you pretty badly, and what you just did was **** right irresponsible to those around you and yourself.

Shame on you really, I am very dissapointed how SUV drivers act, I try not to be bias... but life has sure shown me that bias exsits for a reason... because its true.

Notice I did not say all of them - I get in trouble discussing SUVs and power trucks.

Part of the reason this topic gets me in trouble is a few members on other forums drive them. With the passing of time, I've tried harder to target the ones that dont' need the extra passenger or cargo carrying capacity, yet drive them for status reasons. A few people still get offended, leaving me to conclude these are "guilty dogs barking". Ironic they are not driving for utility, yet they are in a Suburban Utility Vehicle. It might be more accurate to name jumbo SUVs SVV - Suburban Vanity Vehicles.

On to more pragmatic concerns:

3%[/B] of all crashes in the U.S., almost 33% of deaths on highways occurred in rollover crashes

www.vehicle-injuries.com (http://www.vehicle-injuries.com]www.vehicle-injuries.com) has practiced law since 1972, specialing in highway injuries. They don't take cases on a feeling, but on vehicles that have had a track record of being unsafe.