Slowest Work Week Ever
Finally, I only have another 30 minutes left of work today. Everyone left already since it's around 67 degrees outside, sunny, and not a cloud in the sky.

Interesting Article Bashing SUVs
Being a Miata owner, I already knew that the pickup truck and SUV demographic were borderline psychopaths who would really like to kill me for having a car that is more fun than theirs. But there is other interesing information in the Washington Weekly article "Bumper Mentality" such as:

The occupant death rate in SUVs is 6 percent higher than it is for cars--8 percent higher in the largest SUVs. The main reason is that SUVs carry a high risk of rollover; 62 percent of SUV deaths in 2000 occurred in rollover accidents. SUVs don't handle well, so drivers can't respond quickly when the car hits a stretch of uneven pavement or "trips" by scraping a guardrail. Even a small bump in the road is enough to flip an SUV traveling at high speed. On top of that, SUV roofs are not reinforced to protect the occupants against rollover; nor does the government require them to be.




- posted by Nick Postagulous @ 2:41 PM