Never had a problem in my area with that. I will say a minivan far surpasses an SUV in usefulness though. I liken a minvan to a pickup truck that you can actually seat people inside of. It's great, you can haul anything you can imagine, beds, freezers, couches, and if you're not busy hauling giant appliances around, you can put the seats in and haul around a bunch of people. The gas mileage is on par with an SUV, and you never get any flack from the police. Who's gonna bother a someone in a minivan? Nobody that's who.