For the last month or so, my regular commute has been under construction. During the day they work on one lane of a two lane road and after work, they just leave the construction lane open but unpaved. So it is all dirt and loose gravel on that lane for about a quarter of a mile.

With my VX, driving over the unpaved section is just about as comfortable as driving over the regular paved & patched 200 times (Boston roads are full of crappy patch jobs). But it seems like 90% of the time, when I get to the unpaved section, I end up stuck behind some puss in a SUV who has slowed down to half or so of the regular speed. Sometimes, when there is no oncoming traffic, they will drive in that lane instead of the unpaved lane.

This really ticks me off. If you are going to buy an SUV and you aren't even going to take it off-road, the least you can do is make use of its SUV powers when the road gets a little rough. But noooo, other than myself, I have yet to see a single SUV driver take on this unpaved section like a real man - they always slow down to a ridiculous low speed - like they are driving a sports car with no clearance or something. Fortunately, it is a passing zone, and I have had the chance, twice now, to actually pass a couple of these *******.

Anyone else see this phenomena of SUV drivers forgetting that they are driving SUVs? (and this is the same state where it snows and ices and you see SUV drivers going 70+ because they think 4wd makes them invulnerable, I don't get it...)