I think the only ways these things will become "outlawed" is:
1. Continued high gas prices (everybody has an economic breaking point).
2. TV news magazines reporting that "trucks" are not required to have the same safety ratings as automobiles. I guess it's because the government regulators views car drivers and truck drivers as having different values to society. Add in extreme vehicle depreciation. Now spin this into some kind of a OPEC conspiracy, and the light bulbs start to go on.
3. Somebody who is too little in stature for the vehicle they are driving has to be sued. Now that would be a good episode for Law & Order: Little lady attorney driving Escalade backs over entire family in Nordstrom's parking lot. And this time the jury sends a message of common sense.
Speaking of spatial qualities, just saw a female 10 minutes ago driving a Highlander pull up to the curb gradually getting closer, closer until scraaaaaape. [?] [?]
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