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I was trying to make a point in this pointless thread.
Studies can be biased, especially when they are conducted or concluded by the type of person who has an agenda (who drives or endorses said subject matter vehicle).
Real studies are about data collection and report. How the data is reinterpreted to support an agenda is something else entirely. By now, due to how our "news" is reported to us on a daily basis, I hope that at least some of us understand the need to often dig further for information versus taking what we're given as verbatim.
What was the pic?
You posted it.
"Conducted" can be biased as well. If you go to an area that has more Prius's and ask questions about them, you will get data biased towards it.
OK....you still understand my point and that's all that is necessary. We don't need to expound on the details of a non-existent study nor its non-existent data nor its non-existent criteria.
Let's get back to the subject in hand......can we make the Prius non-existent?
This is just angry bullshit.
Is that really your experience? Where all of these slow Prius drivers when I'm out on the road? Unless this is a very recent development, I just don't see it. Up until a year ago my job had me driving a minimum of 500 miles a week and I don't recall one time where I thought that slow MF in the fast lane's in a Prius. And to get my work done from one location to another I spent a lot of time in the fast lane. My 86-year-old dad drives a Prius, so maybe it's him you're seeing. His driving habits have zero to do with the model car he drives. ANd while we're bitching, WTF happened to this page?
Could it be that Prius has become a buzz word that elicits all sorts presumptions about the drivers that may or may not be true? Has anybody noticed speeding, tailgating Prius drivers? Probably not because it doesn't fit into their preconceptions.
The scream of the '90s is alive in Portland.Two recently relocated Californians awoke to a not-so-warm welcome Sunday morning, as they discovered that someone had left anti-Golden State golden statements all over their Toyota Prius and home."I woke up this morning, drinking a cup of coffee, and looked out at our bright yellow door to see a not very nice message," Preston Page told KOIN, he and partner Jessica Faraday's new residence and vehicle plastered with glittery spray-painted warnings such as "Get California out of Portland" and "Move back."The Prius had also been gouged with a set of car keys.Page and Faraday moved to Northeast Portland from Southern California about four months ago.According to Page, they had just finished painting their new home two weeks before this incident."I'm definitely surprised someone would go this far," he said.Though they're unsure of who exactly tagged their Prius and their pad, Page thinks the vandalism may have some connection to a road rage incident that took place the day before the damage.Apparently Page had momentarily blocked the narrow street with his Prius while dropping off Faraday in front of their house.When a driver was unable to get by, he took note of the hybrid car's out-of-state plates and yelled that they should go back to California.The couple filed a police report but remain upbeat about "Stumptown.""Portland is fantastic. You can't argue with this place," Page said.
