Article Contributed on: 4/22/2009 7:48:16 AM
A couple of years ago, The Car Guys took a call from a woman who said her new car was crooked. She didn't see it, but her friends told her that when she drove up, the brand new compact car looked out of alignment. Tom and Ray thought about this and gave her some advice on tire inflation and so forth, and hung up. Then the wheels started turning - in their heads. They hadn't asked her how much she weighed. An obese person in the driver's seat of a small car could absolutely make the car look crooked. They laughed a bit, and quickly went to the next caller. Put an obese person in a larger vehicle and this isn't likely to happen, and that is why we will never be a nation of small cars. Not while the Democrats are busy encouraging obesity with their obesity-friendly medical care policies. More adults will be obese and vastly more children, and demand for large, accommodating vehicles will not go away. Getting in and out of small vehicles is awkward for large people. Sitting in them is worse. The seat is too small; the steering wheel hits the abdomen; the car goes out of alignment. It's claustrophobic even for one obese person. As for getting an entire family of obese people into a small car, forget it. Large minivans, sedans and SUVs will continue to rule because we are a nation of large - and getting larger - individuals. Would banning large vehicles inspire people to lose weight? It sure sounds like something the government nanny Dems would try. Warning: the people who voted the Democrats in are the same people who want free medical care for their chronic obesity-caused diseases. If you try to take away their comfy big cars, they'll take away your comfy big votes.