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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: coupe_de_boule@zinedine-zidane.fr   
      
   On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:20:15 -0700 (PDT), "His Highness the   
   TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock & the   
   Stationary Bicycle to burn the calories"    
   wrote:   
      
   >The story goes that in the old times cars were regulated by CAFE   
   >standards, and Congress somehow got around those regulations by   
   >labeling the SUV a "truck"... Yes, they can be very clever when they   
   >want.   
      
   COngress didn't label them trucks. The automakers did by building   
   SUV's on the same frame that they build their trucks on.   
      
   >Anyway a jungle vehicle --they want to look tough-- that was   
   >unsafe to itself and others landed on American roads, which were   
   >pretty unsafe anyway, and without a truck license of any kind (as   
   >common sense would dictate) unleashed the Law of the Jungle among   
   >drivers and appealed to the "animal within."   
      
   Well, the jungle beats the alternative.   
      
   >That's not nice for other drivers and the environment, but I have a   
   >further classification that would take effect wherever the revolution   
   >comes to power: THE SUV IS A TOY.   
      
   Many are because they are used as such. Most are used for mundane   
   things such as driving to the store, taking the kids to school and so   
   on - because they were the only alternative to the station wagon which   
   was effectively driven out of existence in america (sic) by CAFE.   
      
   >The distinction is clear: A truck is   
   >used to move merchandise and requires a special license,   
      
   Not all trucks. Pickup trucks (on whose frames SUVs are built) are   
   many times used for commercial purposes (of which moving merchandise   
   in included) generally don't require a special license.   
      
   > a toy means   
   >that it's a toy for the rich and the wannabe rich.   
      
   Some are, yes.   
      
   >The bicycle by contrast will be named SUB or Sport Utility Bike.   
      
   Do I even want to know what that would look like?   
   --   
   "Like, how bad a president is George Bush,   
    when the country goes, 'You know, we'll   
    try the black guy'?"   
                         --DL Hughley   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)