Monsters of the Road: What Should the UK Do About SUVs?
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Monsters of the Road: What Should the UK Do About SUVs?
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#2Obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo&t=2
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#3I’m all for fewer people driving them (most are just lifted versions of normal cars now, but more uncomfortable and inefficient), but I’m very sure messing essential safety features (correctly pressurised tyres) is not how you get that point t across.
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#4Cars should be taxed based on their weight and there should be much stricter standards regarding visibility.
There is no reason why most of us should subsidise a few people’s status symbol and their entirely unnecessary use of public resources. Ultimately you should not be able to buy these, at least in their current form, as they serve no purpose whatsoever besides inflating their owner’s ego at a significant cost to others. We are not talking about pickup trucks and light trucks used in the countryside: these monstrosities are designed for motorways and paved roads and will never see as much as a dirt road.
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#5After all the talk about fake off-road capability, is a Land Rover Defender really the best example?
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#6I’m all for fewer people driving them (most are just lifted versions of normal cars now, but more uncomfortable and inefficient), but I’m very sure messing essential safety features (correctly pressurised tyres) is not how you get that point t across.
The point is not to slightly adjust the tire pressure to some dangerous state, but to completely deflate them to be a pain in the rear to re-inflate before driving off again.
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#7Cars should be taxed based on their weight and there should be much stricter standards regarding visibility. There is no reason why most of us should subsidise a few people’s status symbol and their entirely unnecessary use of public resources. Ultimately you should not be able to buy these, at least in their current form, as they serve no purpose whatsoever besides inflating their owner’s ego at a significant cost t…
> Cars should be taxed based on their weight
Not against that, but there should be an exception for electric vehicles, because these batteries are heavy.
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#8Cars should be taxed based on their weight and there should be much stricter standards regarding visibility. There is no reason why most of us should subsidise a few people’s status symbol and their entirely unnecessary use of public resources. Ultimately you should not be able to buy these, at least in their current form, as they serve no purpose whatsoever besides inflating their owner’s ego at a significant cost t…
> Cars should be taxed based on their weight Not against that, but there should be an exception for electric vehicles, because these batteries are heavy.
Maybe an offset, not an exception imo.
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#9I'm glad people are resisting these somewhere in the world. Wish it would happen where I live.
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#10Cars should be taxed based on their weight and there should be much stricter standards regarding visibility. There is no reason why most of us should subsidise a few people’s status symbol and their entirely unnecessary use of public resources. Ultimately you should not be able to buy these, at least in their current form, as they serve no purpose whatsoever besides inflating their owner’s ego at a significant cost t…
SUVs are typically shorter and lighter than mid to high class sedans. They just look big, but you can't fit a fridge inside, unlike many station wagons.