Typical response from SUV driver

I was walking my dogs as I usually do by the high school a few blocks from my home. It is in a fairly affluent neighborhood, and as you can expect a number (a lot) of people drive large SUV's around here. Of course they are usually piloted by a soccer mom with a cell-phone plastered to her face. But anyway, after seeing this for over a year I finally had enough and said something to one of them. It went something like this:

Me(As SUV went by with windows down): "Gas Waster"!

Her(after stopping and backing up to confront me): "Excuse me"?

Me: "Gas Waster".

Her: "What do you know about me"?

Me: "I know that you are driving an empty 6000 lb. vehicle around".

Her: "I am trying to find my 6 kids that I am usualy driving around" (or something similar to that). Then she gives me the finger and calls me an **shole, and drives off.

Ok, if you take her at her word that the Suburban is always full of children that she is shuttling around, aren't there safer and more efficent means? I did a Google search, and the Honda Odyssey gets around 26 or so mpg on the highway. My sister has one of these and these are very safe and versatile vehicles.

And besides, how many of these enormous SUV's do you see that are actually being used to their full potential? That is why I coined the term a few years back, "Seats Usually Vacant".

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