It’s funny that you say I’m “worried about being run off the road,” when the fact of the matter is, someone who owns an SUV and doesn’t need it and doesn’t know how to drive it DOES pose a risk to other drivers on the road.
If you’ve got a use for your SUV – equipment, kids, job, etc – then chances are, you’re probably pretty used to driving it. But people who buy an SUV because they think they’re going to need something that big to brave the suburban landscape when it rains and plan to use it for nothing else? Come on.
Even if you’re pulling a trailer with it, that’s totally understandable. But to buy one just to have one seems incredibly stupid and unnecessary. “Well, I have golf clubs, so I must need an Escalade.” Not really. “I don’t feel like I can see the road very well in a smaller car, so I bought an Expedition.” If you can’t see the road well in a car, you shouldn’t be driving. An SUV is only going to increase the likelihood of you being a danger to the drivers around you, especially if you’re only used to driving a car.