i hate stupid people

I hate stupid people. When I say stupid people, I mean selfish, mean, think-only-with-their-wallet, ignorant, and just plain rotten people. Now I hate to stereotype (actually I love stereotypes, they're so funny!) but often people who drive huge SUVs for no reason ("But they're safer!" cry the hockey moms of suburban Detroit) really irk me. Especially H2 drivers. Especially when it's some prissy little b*tch woman driving it by HERSELF. And even moreso when they think that driving this big pollutant-spewing tank practically up my ass - and all i see is that big GRILL in my rearview mirror - is an obnoxious entitlement to owning an obnoxious vehicle. It's not good enough to just drive the biggest car - they need to make sure that all the other cars in the road realize this too by means of tailgating, aweful parking, and cutting you off. JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN.

What got me in such a fuss this morning about this? Well it's not SUVs directly, but a survey in the Detroit News online accompanying an article I was happy to see. The survey acts "Did the EPA go too far?" with regards to the EPA demanding Michigan to test auto emission. The results? Most people thus far have said "Yes, it won't make a difference." Here's the article. I am so glad to see emissions testing return to Michigan. It is so frustrating that the Motor City sees owning a vehicle such a high and mighty right, and what comes out of the tailpipe is your proud salute to being American. Nearly every headline in the Detroit news deals with cars. I know this is a huge subject because most people work for a car company around here, but often the news is so biased towards the Big Three that anything dealing with pollution, oil, gas prices, SUVs, etc that the environment gets swept under the rug. Polluting less apparently equals less jobs, but that is not the case!!

Which is not to say there aren't more "conscious" SUV drivers out there now than there were. Some people "need" them, and some people drive the smaller ones to reduce fuel consumption. But I still cannot see any benefits of owning an H2 or Excursion around here. It's FLAT, people! If my Focus can get around fine in the snow, then you don't NEED it for 4x4! You don't NEED it for rough terrain - potholes in the road are not considered offroading! And they aren't safe - if you manage to NOT roll over, and the roof NOT to collapse, then the chances of you harming somebody else in another car are huge!

...This is one of the many reasons I hate living here because I have to deal with it EVERY DAY. When will society stop sucking around here?