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#340096 - 03/12/2010 22:35 Re: Some Jeep drivers just don't get it... [Re: pca]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
Having recently driven the company Navara and Hilux, I have to say those sorts of vehicles do seem to instill a feeling of safety and invincibility. I can definately see how it causes people to overestimate their abilities in weather like this.
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#340099 - 03/12/2010 22:53 Re: Some Jeep drivers just don't get it... [Re: andym]
canuckInOR
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Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
Originally Posted By: andym
Having recently driven the company Navara and Hilux, I have to say those sorts of vehicles do seem to instill a feeling of safety and invincibility. I can definately see how it causes people to overestimate their abilities in weather like this.

It's not just "SUV" size vehicles that do it. The magic words "4-wheel drive" contribute mightily to people's impressions that they can drive on ice the same way Brian Orser skates. 4WD != "go fast".

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#340101 - 03/12/2010 23:38 Re: Some Jeep drivers just don't get it... [Re: canuckInOR]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
I dunno, it looks pretty easy to me...


heh
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#340117 - 04/12/2010 09:28 Re: Some Jeep drivers just don't get it... [Re: Robotic]
boxer
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Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
Mind you, they have their uses: Late one afternoon, I left a client's in Skipton in my Range Rover, crossed the Pennines and came down to Harrogate.There I was stopped by a police car who asked me where I'd come from and informed me that the road I'd just used had been closed to all traffic at lunchtime, three hours earlier.
I thought it was a bit quiet! Because I'd come out of a side road in Skipton, I'd missed the barrier!
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