…when I read headlines like this…:
SUV rolls over, kills woman at southern Minnesota state park
…along with copy like this…:
A camping trip ended in tragedy Monday morning for a woman from Savage when she was pinned under a vehicle…Samantha Binetti, 40, and a female friend were hitching a camper to an SUV that they had borrowed…Binetti ended up trapped under the SUV and died at the scene…
…if perhaps the woman would have been alive if a Ford Focus or a Toyota Prius had run the woman over?
Not saying that substituting “SUV” to imply an active, malevolent presence in the story, or even just to differentiate it from, say, cars, trucks, minivans ans what-not is a way of skewing the coverage of this story toward a political end…
…although I’m at a loss for any other motivation to ascribe to myself.
Why not say ‘vehicle’? And how did this happen? I read it yesterday and came away without a clue. And trapped under it for a period of time?! What the…? You can see how little kids can get run over this way, but grown women? I just don’t get it.
Maybe it’s to spare the feelings of her friend who must’ve ran over her (rather than the SUV). Gag.
The media has been doing this for years. It’s probably in their standards and practices manual. “Always mention the SUV”.
Yeah, let’s see that Prius pull a camper: 0 to 60 by the next millennium.
Why should the MSM treat SUVs better than guns? They vilify them both, attributing demonic intents to them.
The meaning is clear: the wily SUV (alleged SUV?), under the guise of being friendly and helpful, waited for the perfect moment to pounce, whereupon it held the woman against her will – in a clear violation of her civil rights – until she died of despair. Fortunately, alert citizens were able to detain the SUV until authorities arrived, thereby keeping it from getting away and consuming more of our precious gas supply that can now be used for the children. The solution is also clear: we must ban SUVs from our state parks.
To be fair, the victim deserves some blame as well. By borrowing the SUV she became an enabler, and if only she’d taken the bus or the LRT to the park she wouldn’t have had that camper to contend with in the first place!
From the headline you quote, I take “rolls over” to mean that the SUV rolled sideways, wheels up, which I understand to be a real problem. Some SUVs, early models in particular, are simply too tall for their width, and are actually not stable.
What NW said – SUVs are sentient, it is never a driver’s fault. Just like guns, as nb said – it is never a perp’s fault in the MSM’s eyes, always the gun’s.
I don’t think SUVs are sentient. I think they are just more succeptable to demonic possession.
I don’t think SUVs are sentient. I think they are just more succeptable to demonic possession.
I think there’s a pretty good chance that SUVs are more sentient than those who write about them this way.
Actually, 0-60 in the next millenium with a Prius towing a camper might be a little bit optimistic. I’ve followed hybrids for a while, and generally you give up a ton or two in towing with a hybrid vs. the standard vehicle with the exact same engine, and often with the exact same transmission.
No kidding. What’s happening is they’re not building the motors like they do for locomotives (which are also hybrids and have been since 1920), but are skimping on the heat sinking and other things that allow the motor to tolerate max power. They’re built kinda like a starter motor.
The result is simple; decent mileage in town, but don’t do something stupid like start the vehicle on a hill or try to pull anything. You’ll end up buying a new motor, and possibly also a new transmission or battery. $$$$$
“locomotives (which are also hybrids and have been since 1920)” – those are diesel/electric hybrids, much like submarines. Very bulky technology, but one which you can power with just about anything.
Hey, lets put a locomotive on wheels and sell it as USUV (Uber-SUV) with a tremendous gas milage. Just imagine the size of camper you’ll be able to pull! Never mind a camper, you could pull your whole house around!
Right on cue: http://www.ms.northropgrumman.com/JLTV/JLTV_Diesel-electric_fs.pdf
Bring it on!