[mikester]

SUV's have their place but unless you have 6 kids, tow something that requires it regularly or use it for work an Expedition or Excursion sized SUV has no place in a residential area. Period - a single person doesn't need to drive a commercial sized vehicle to work if the only cargo in that vehicle is them - it doesn't make the slightest bit of sense other than "it's what I wanted." Well, what you wanted is destroying our roads and creating a safety hazard; not to mention the exemption they get from clean air standards is obsurd.

On a supporting note however in CA a child must be in a car seat if that child is under 6 or under 60 pounds they only way they can get out of that car seat is if they are OVER 6 AND OVER 60 pounds; Not one or the other - both must be met to get out of that car seat. This means that any person who has more than two kids within this catagory and has a full sized passenger (say - maybe a wife) is going to need a larger car than your average sedan to fit everyone. Car seats three abreast aren't going to work for obvious reasons.

So...how do those work together? Mini Vans? Crap.

I am quite tired of trying to see around these larger ones - the Explorer sized SUVs are reasonable in my mind. Still - they only have one row of seats so they won't hold many more than two under 6 kids.