30 associations are proposing to the European Commission to impose a limit on the size of new cars, in particular the total width and bonnet.
A report connected with this request showed that the average bonnet height of newly-sold cars in Europe is increasing by 0.5 cm a year.
Many studies showed that bigger cars and higher bonnets are related to more collisions, and worse outcome for pedestrians and cyclists (and those in smaller cars), especially in regards to children
Those SUVs are kid crushers, they shouldn’ be on our roads
crossposed from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/114674420551539891
If you fit that in a Yaris, you have to acknowledge that you are a god among men.
Plus, SUV do not have as much space as people like to believe compared to a sedan (as the bedframe is the same as a car in most occasions).
To be fair, I’m alone in the car. The kayak (deflated in a bag) sits on the passenger seat and the paddles go diagonally across the car, but it’s fairly easy to fit it all