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Originally Posted by PeanutBean Oo, yes, big 4x4s! Sorry if this offends anyone but mothers who drive the hugest vehicles for their one kid and can't handle it because all they do is drive round the corner to drop their kid off at school and pick them up again. And bullbars, because there is really a need for them here, in danger of that small boy damaging your headlight when you hit him and pulverise him? Why do people have them? I do hate all 4x4s on the roads though. And even more I hate the arrogant way people defend them as their 'right'. Oo Sarahkka, you've got me started on the eco warpath now! | Ah yes, the incredibly stupid trend of dropping your kid off at school when we have a childhood obesity epidemic and these kids NEED the exercise of walking to school quite desperately. On top of which, the increased traffic around the school zones is a huge safety threat to kids - statistically far greater than any perceived "stranger danger" that paranoid parents use as an excuse to justify the massive SUVs and off-road vehicles.
Look, you need a big truck if you are a contractor and are hauling supplies - that I can understand. The huge vehicles for city living - even in a city like Calgary that does get some bad weather - are just not justified.
And when you combine the huge vehicles with bad driving, my risk on the road (as the driver of a small, fuel-efficient vehicle) goes way up.
So pardon me if I don't think the crazy high gas prices are all that bad. It took a lot of gas guzzlers off the road and that is just fine by me. |
This drives me nuts too. We live very close to the school my little girl will probably be attending (if for some reason I end up staying here). Only about a 10 minute walk. We do get very, very bad weather here in the winter and its incredibly dangerous to walk anywhere because there are no sidewalks and you have to walk in the middle of the road. I've almost gotten hit more than once waiting for a school bus when I was in school. In the winter I don't see an issue driving your kids to school. But in the fall and the spring when its warm and there are sidewalks, I will be walking her there or she'll be getting a bus. There is no need to bring your kids right to the door every single day for no reason but laziness.
