Hochswender made an incredibly compelling and persuasive argument in his essay, Did my Car Join Al Qaeda. Hochswender makes a great logos argument for this when he tells us about his circumstances in New York where he could get up to 70 inches of snow during the Winter. Many people need to find a vehicle that will fit there life style and that's just logical thinking. I live in Illinois, and in the winter we can get a lot of snow and the conditions can be pretty rough. It's circumstances like these where sometimes the vehicle you own can be a matter of life, death, or getting injured. In the winter when the roads are filled with black ice or snow, you certainly wouldn't want to be driving around in a small car. If you have the option you might want to be in larger car with four-wheel drive like an SUV. I know from experience that driving home in a snow storm can be absolutely frightening and it's a time where I am grateful to be in a Yukon rather than a Honda Fit. People living in mountainous areas also have to be considered. Would you want to drive around in a Honda Accord in the mountainous terrain of Colorado? Hochswender also uses ethos to make a great argument. When I first saw that this essay was titled Did my Car Join Al Qaeda, I was …show more content…
He brings up a hypothetical situation about his son being hit by a drunk driver and how he would much rather he be in an SUV than a Corolla. As the saying goes, "safety first." Like Hochswender said, many intelligent people realize that SUVs are safer than the average car. People who believe that SUV's are unsafe because of the number of rollover accidents don't consider that rollover accidents can happen because of reckless driving. People choosing to drive like maniacs have a larger chance of being involved in an accident with an SUV just like those who choose to drive like maniacs in a small