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Higher bonnets and more weight= more road deaths.
Definitely true but I'm going to be the #notallsuvs guy again and point out that quite a few SUVs rank higher in NCAP pedestrian safety ratings than small cars. Our Ateca is rated nearly a whole point above our Fiesta.
That said, some of the larger SUVs are insanely bad for pedestrians. In the US, 100% of pedestrian collisions involving SUVs travelling faster than 40mph were fatal. The theory is that it's because of their obsession with large cars.
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What about Hybrid SUVS?
My SUV weighs 1700kg you can’t have a sunroof and a spare tyre because it pushes the weight too high.
Tyre wear is minimal at 26,000miles (a colleagues saloon EV has worn out a set in 4000). Regenerative braking so it seems very little brake wear.
Higher bonnet but active crash avoidance and softer front.
It’s narrower and shorter than my old estate , the space used is vertical.
The engine doesn’t idle it switches off at lights.Reply rant over
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SUVs:
Increasing popularity has totally wiped out any emissions reduction from the rise in EVs. Heavier, burn more fuel.
From a public health perspective: more weight = more brake and tyre wear, more asthma, more entrenched health inequalities and shortened lives.
Higher bonnets and more weight= more road deaths. Road injury second highest cause of death globally for young people.
Wider= more congestion. Blocking the roads more when parked. More congestion=more idling engines and more pollution.
The group letting down tyres have seen a desperate situation and are doing what they can, more power to them. These vehicles represent the violent, selfish worst of car culture. Someone said "most cars are not SUVs so this misses the bigger picture". But they're a rapidly growing proportion of the problem. Ban them from cities. They are death machines. We banned hand guns.