And now another article about those Evil Demon SUV's which hunt down little children

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 08.27.02 | Henry K. Lee

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The death of a 13-month-old Livermore boy who was struck by a sport utility vehicle backing out a driveway is the latest in a spate of needless fatalities involving large vehicles, child-safety experts said today.

Jorge Ortiz-Castaneda was run over about 12:40 p.m. Monday by a Ford Explorer as it backed slowly out a driveway near Lambaren Avenue and North S Street in Livermore, police said.

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Rush briefly touched on this, but I thought that as a SUV owner and so sick of this, I could not resist adding my comments.

"Police and child-safety advocates said today that there has been an increase in such fatalities involving large vehicles, such as trucks, vans and SUVs."

Duh. There is also an increase in the number of Americans driving SUV's and pickup trucks. If we were all forced to drive more Yugos as Commiefornia desires, then there would be a statistical increase in the number of fatalities from Yugos also.

"On Aug. 20, 2-year-old Eduardo Velasco was struck and killed after he darted behind a Ford Thunderbird driven by a neighbor at a Union City apartment complex."

Just a note to Henry K. Lee:
A Ford Thunderbird is not a SUV or a pickup truck. You might want to actually research a story before writing it. But then again that would go against the liberal journalism edict of writing with your feeeeeeeeeeeelings.

""People have these SUVs that are higher from the ground -- it's like driving a school bus," said San Jose police Sgt. Steve Dixon."

Great. Even the San Jose P.D. hires tree huggers. I've been on school buses (it's been a few years) and my Dodge doesn't even come close to as high (unless I juice up the gas in my shocks). Another moronic statement.

Nothing else needs to be said. The media in Commiefornia continues their assault on American freedom. The residents of that state deserve all the hell the rest of us (except for the Soviet Republics in the Northeast U.S.) dump on them daily.

[seventhson]

This just goes to point out that all cars,trucks etc. are lethal weapons and should be driven with care.I guess SUV's might be a bit harder to see out from and behind oneself,but all vehicles have the ability to run someone over.

[Nuke'm Glowing]

Exactly. But the sad part is is that a large percentage of the media reports are so anti-SUV it's pathetic. People drove SUVs for decades, but because they have become a symbol of success, they are under attack. Class warfare in the guise of "child" and "consumer" safety.

[Riverman94610]

Yeah,but I bet that most of the media types that trash SUV's have one THEMSELVES!

[Leper Messiah]

His editor probably made him put the T Bird in there. For "balance"

[Nuke'm Glowing]

His editor probably car-pooled with the author in an Escalade.

[goodieD]

Can we ban stupid people who don't pay attention in traffic and run over people on motorcycles? I'll sign up for that.
How about a ban on parents who don't watch their little children long enough for them to get run over by cars?

[seventhson]

There was an incident around here about a year ago where a UPS van ran over a kid who lept into his path as he pulled out of a driveway.Maybe UPS drivers should be outfitted with yugos or Geos or something like that.I'm sure they could carry the cargo just fine.

[chance33_98]

I met Peter Jennings in Beatty, Nevada once at a gas station. He was driving a Navigator...

[chance33_98]

I sent a letter to the writer:

Are you people out there idiots?

As many as 70 percent of those cases involved large vehicles, and in half of all cases, the drivers are parents or relatives of the victims, according to Fennell.

So? Why not ban all vehicles, solve the problem right away. No more giant UPS trucks or big ice cream trucks in the hood to hurt anybody. When we will stop blaming inanimate objects for our problems and start looking at the idiots behind those objects.

Murder is already illegal, if people use guns, cars, knives, etc to do it should we keep taking away things they can use until we are all left with nothing??? I am not saying we go the other way and give everyone nuclear weapons and tanks for home defense but at what point DO people draw the line? It keeps moving and moving. Kids die in bathtubs, people are hurt all the time with kitchen knives, and I would venture a guess that pornography has led to more crimes and killings then SUV's or guns ever will. And BEER or alcohol in general, we better ban that too - no more drinking or smoking in bars. A caged bird is safe, but not free (Walter Williams I believe).

I thank god I moved from that hell hole of a state years ago.

[seventhson]

I think we should think about banning commercial jet liners first thing as they have been forced off path by idiots in the past.

[NewHampshireDuo]

"Woman driving Yugo backs into small child riding a tricycle. Yugo totalled, woman killed."

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"I met Peter Jennings in Beatty, Nevada once at a gas station. He was driving a Navigator..."

Why, of course. Those vehicles are just right for the media superstars. But for us "little people"....

[Nuke'm Glowing]

" I thank god I moved from that hell hole of a state years ago."

That statement speaks to your level of intelligence far beyond any MENSA exam ever could. What I do not understand are the alleged "conservatives" who keep living out there under the fantasy of a rebirth of Reaganism.

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And they do pollute more than SUVs, that's for sure.

[seventhson]

Actually,aside from the risk of injury to pedestrians,and the bad mileage,old vintage Sherman tanks have always appealed to me as a mode of transportation.

[lawdude]

I occasionally drive a Ford 'Splorer', 1997 variety. My wife normally uses it because it has high clearance and good visibility. We also use it for hauling since my 3/4 ton Pick-'em-up has a 5th wheel hitch (for my 22 foot portable motel) and isn't much good for hauling big items. Of course, I normally drive my Nissan Maxima because it gets me good mileage (24-26) and my 36,000 miles per year gets expensive.


That all said. I cannot understand how my wife does it. That darn 'Splorer just gets a mind of its own and wants to swerve into crowds of kids. Ya know? Wow.

How DOES she do it?



PAH

[Lancey Howard]

Here's a great quote from that scumbag Cindy Adams. It is from her column in yesterday's New York Post. (She is referring here to the case of Lizzie Grubman, a spoiled whacko heiress who ran over a bunch of people last year at a posh nightclub.):

"Closure? What closure? There'll never be closure for me," said Lizzie, speaking candidly about her life since the SUV she was driving backed into a clutch of people at Southampton's Conscience Point nightclub last year.

LOFL!!!
Them SUVs are liable at any time to go running people over. Tough break for Lizzie that, by sheer coincidence, she happened to be driving the SUV at the time. Usually them miserable SUVs wait until there's nobody in them before they go off and do things like this.

[Nuke'm Glowing]

I'm telling you, it's the chips in the engines that make the SUVs do that.

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