Big Trucks Cause Big Problems

With Christmas coming up in less than 7 days, many people will be out this week shopping for last minute gifts for their loved ones, or themselves. The presents being exchanged will vary in price range, depending on how much love people have for one another. If you are considering purchasing a vehicle this holiday season, as the ultimate proof of your love for somebody, then don't be foolish and let a salesman trick you into buying a over sized truck.

The cost of vehicles these days are way too expensive to be wasting money on purchasing a vehicle with useless features, like most over sized trucks. Adequate size to fulfill your needs, low initial cost, low maintenance fees, and gas efficiency are some important factors to consider when searching for that perfect match. Another important factor, which is sometimes overseen, is how much of an impact your vehicle may have on other people and the environment.

Sure, the larger SUV's and pickup trucks will be able to plow through piles of snow this winter, but that is not a very important consideration. A more important consideration may be their advantage plowing through unstable terrain like a farm field or rough city road. An even greater thing to consider, though, should be the damage they can cause to smaller vehicles they may plow into on the road. Unless you need a giant SUV or pickup to fulfill a usage requirement, I recommend smaller trucks because they are more convenient and safe for the public.

Smaller vehicles are able to maneuver through streets better, causing less traffic congestion. They usually run more efficiently then larger trucks too, causing less pollution or "air congestion". The type of vehicles I dislike most may be ones I felt congested in. If you sit in a vehicle and don't feel congested then your good to go.

Smaller vehicles have less negative impacts on others, and on the environment, without significant reductions in comfort or usage requirements. With that in mind, I think its time we all should just step it down a notch, and drive reasonably sized vehicles to fulfill our needs. We must continue to phase out useless elements of transportation and continue to develop the most efficient, useful vehicles.

If we continue to buy these over sized models for our needs, then how will new vehicle technologies which meet our needs ever develop?