SUV's - cities, public spaces and regulation

most tragically children run over in driveways by unsighted parents.

^ idk if it was an SUV, but a kid in our friends school was run over and killed by their dad. And the other month a nursery friend who was in an SUV almost ran over their 4yo.

When I did my van training they walked around the van with a child sized stick to demonstrate the blind spot - I know it's not realistic to mandate that prior to purchasing a car but for me personally the impact of having someone show me that I wouldn't be able to see a kid before I hit them without changing my position really hit home. The difference with a van is that the seats aren't like car seats and you move about in them and often don't have a seat belt.