Huge study from The Economist about car bloat in the US. “For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles.” ‘Safety for me, danger for you’ is an American motto at this point. https://www.economist.com/interactive/united-states/2024/08/31/americans-love-affair-with-big-cars-is-killing-them
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Not forgetting that massive SUVs are dreadful gas-guzzlers and therefore make a disproportionate contribution not only to CO2 and NOx emmissions but to plastics pollution due to the relatively more massive amounts of tyre tread dust and brake pad dust they produce compared to an ordinary family car.
