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=v= Just found a lovely little teevee story about people torching their own SUVs to (1) avoid high gas prices and (2) collect on insurance. The script takes that sympathetic-to-"you" tone:

Gas is costing more, as much as three bucks a gallon in recent months.

So if you are driving a gas-guzzler, you may be feeling a pinch. For some the answer is torching the vehicle.

Not to worry, though, because even though you're running over and killing people at an alarming rate, it's "just an accident;" and if you're committing insurance fraud, you're still an otherwise fine upstanding citizen:

The list of busted owners has been growing in recent months. Some say the increase could be tied to higher gas prices. But while arrests are on the rise, convictions are often harder to come by.

"We've talked to people who committed insurance fraud who otherwise wouldn't commit another crime ...."

So there you have it: burn SUVs for insurance fraud, and maybe pay a fine; do so for environmental reasons, and get 22 years in prison.