SUV: Sport Utility Vehicle? or Stupid Unyeidling Vehicle?

You can always get a feel for how the day will go by a glimpse of your morning, mine starts out with the morning routine (there isn't one) I mean I try and it usually goes as good as it can. If the boys get up early enough they get to pick out their cereal of choice and watch cartoons while I get ready. If not they get a pop tart on our way out the door. They tend to like the idea of watching cartoons and having their stuff together. Which in turn helps me out. Mornings have been good with our makeshift morning routine, so the next step is my religious coffee stop. I don't care if I am going to be 15 minutes late to work, I am getting my coffee.
I pull into the parking lot and see my destination... A parking spot straight ahead, and close to the front door. So the vehicle in front of me grabs one open spot and I try and slide my small but very cute blue car in the spot next to it. It wont work, I mean, I could get in the spot but no one would be able to open their doors. The vehicle that parked right before me was a Chevrolet Suburban. I start to feel attitude coming up, I quickly back up and pull into another spot, while this spot is not as close to the door and it is finally raining in Oregon like good 'ol days I walk the extra 10 feet to the front door that carries the smell and warmth of my morning happiness in a cup.
The driver of the Suburban looks at me, I am anticipating a comment from him, and since I haven't had my coffee I automatically assume it would be somewhat similar to my attitude that started to grow as I couldn't park because this honkin car hogged up 2 spots. He holds the door and says "Please go in first, it is the least I could do since my car is parked over the line" . My manners come back to me in a snap and the attitude left as quick as it came. He comments about how the car is a pain to park and a pain in his wallet for gas, that his 16 year old son just got his license and he needs a smaller car for his son to drive.
So my morning went pretty well and my day hasn't been so bad. Had this situation gone differently I am sure the day too would follow with a less than favorable mood.
This whole thing just got me thinking about SUV's though... I cant speak much out of the Northwest states, but we here are obsessed with SUV's.... They are great for the changes in the weather and grocery shopping and large families that want to look better than driving the "mini van". BUT and that is a big but, they take up a lot of space, you can't fit them anywhere and the drivers of these notoriously huge vehicles tend to carry a lot of attitude, whipping into lanes and parking spots they don't fit in. It might suck, but park further out where it is okay to take up 2 spots... in this "fat" America there are plenty of spots further away from the doors because no one wants to even walk far from their cars! Is it really necessary to have a vehicle so enormous? The Hummer now has a mini version of its monsterous metal on wheels to a more reasonable mid size suv... And my thoughts are not about ALL suv's just the ones that should require a special license and driving class to own and operate.