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As you all know, the whole SUV phenomenon is an end-run around the legislation to improve the fleet feul efficiency of the automobile. SUVs are classified as trucks, so they are exempt from those regulations. Perhaps the answer to the SUV problem is to classify them as trucks and treat them that way. Only holders of commercial truck drivers licences should be permitted to drive SUVs. That should reduce the number of accidents cited in this article, and it would probably also make them less desirable to suburbanites. The SUV would still be legal, and if you wanted to have one badly enough, you could pass the test to get a license to drive one.
With oil around $55 per barrel and going up as we head into winter, the country would be better off with a fleet of vehicles that uses less fuel.
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