🚗 Huge, heavy, expensive and more polluting than regular cars, ‘sports utility vehicles’ are becoming one of Britain’s greatest social problems – but there are alternatives, writes edwisemanesq
Huge, heavy, expensive and more polluting than regular cars, ‘sports utility vehicles’ are becoming one of Britain’s greatest social problems – but there are alternatives, writes Ed Wiseman
The SUV has risen to prominence worldwide over the past two decades. Previously a North American tradition, the practice of marketing bigger, heavier, more expensive andto people who do not need them has spread to Europe. Britain, which builds and sells some of the most luxurious SUVs in the world, is no exception to this, with the loosely defined segment accounting for around half of our new car registrations each year.
Cyclists in particular are at greater risk from SUVs, due to the shape and height of the car’s front end, causing 55 per cent more trauma and 63 per cent more head injuries than crashes with normal cars according to research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the US. SUVs are 28 per cent more likely to kill occupants of other cars, too, according to the same research.
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