BUT SUV's can also carry a lot more people and tow a lot more than small economy cars.

I'd have less of a problem with this argument if 99% of all SUVs I saw had more cargo than one 95 lb. woman with a cell phone plastered to her ear.

Totally tangentially, it bothers me that so many people walk around talking on their cell phones in public places at the top of their lungs, as if I want to listen to them all the time. But what weirds me out even more are those people who walk around holding a cell phone to their head who never say a thing. What are these people doing?