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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo
The trend towards SUVs and utes is starting to make waves in the media
https://www.theage.com.au/national/b...03-p5dtkg.html
There's lots of discussions around extra taxes and things like charges for large vehicles in metropolitan areas going on in that article, this keeps coming up.
I reckon we might see something like this on the radar occuring sooner rather than later as it picks up pace in the media. |
Reading that article, they’re trying to make the case against larger pickups and SUVs as being more dangerous to pedestrians. While that’s true, pedestrians make up at best 14% of annual road deaths. So unless pressure groups are proposing legislation to prevent people buying their preferred vehicle (emissions?), I don’t see much change to vehicle sales mix.
Perhaps a better question is why pedestrians are being hit by vehicles in the first place…
I think human behaviours of either pedestrians or drivers are more than likely the cause…