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In terms of new car sales, the only valid comparison between new SUVs is with other new cars. That they're safer than old cars is neither here nor there wrt making sensible new car choices for driving in urban environments.
www.statista.com
It's the findings of a study, not a claim I made.
Do you have any links to robust research demonstrating the effectiveness of the new systems to mitigate the problems of SUV weight, stiffness and shape? I've had a look and can't find any.
It's the findings of a study, not a claim I made.
Estimated car cost as a predictor of driver yielding behaviors for pedestrians
Pedestrian crashes are not equitably distributed; people of color and males are overburdened. The aim of this study was to examine if driver yielding …www.sciencedirect.com
atm, I see a mass of single-occupancy cars in London. People afraid of using public transport, no doubt. Certainly the relative bliss of the empty roads at the height of lockdown is long-gone.Stats show that over 60% of journeys in the UK are made by a single driver without passengers. Given that cars are getting bigger - and therefore less fuel efficient against directly comparable smaller cars - and cities continue to struggle with congestion and high pollution levels, do people think this is acceptable?
UK: single occupant car journeys in England 2002-2018 | Statista
This statistic shows the single occupancy for cars and vans in England between 2002 and 2018.
Pedestrian safety. But if you can provide some stats for occupant safety that might offset that, that would be fine. Ironically enough, SUVs can make their drivers feel nice and safe, but at the cost of extra danger for all the rest of us.
Not true. Public transport may be quiet at particular times in the day across its service, but it is still providing for a social need at those times (one that many of those drivers could be taking advantage of, if they so chose). And outside special covid periods, regular public transport services that are mostly empty most of the time simply don't exist, or exist in tiny tiny tiny numbers, in case someone produces one obscure example from somewhere.
I do hope these pedestrian safety stats also take into account the increased pollution that comes with all the extra bulk and weight when looked against directly comparable smaller cars because pollution is an even bigger killer than those railway suicides you were so obsessed about earlier.
I know.It's the findings of a study, not a claim I made.
Estimated car cost as a predictor of driver yielding behaviors for pedestrians
Pedestrian crashes are not equitably distributed; people of color and males are overburdened. The aim of this study was to examine if driver yielding …
Nope.
www.bbc.com
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Sorry, is there a point here? The newer buses are vastly more efficient and less polluting while cars are getting bigger and heavier and contributing to a huge rise in CO2 emissions.
What would your view on SUVs be if the infrastructure to make hybrids or full electric ones feasible?A shocking stat:
A large car emits on average 85% more greenhouse gases per km than a small vehicle, according to figures from the UK government.
How our daily travel harms the planet
Private transport is one of the world’s biggest sources of greenhouse gases, with emissions rising year on year. It means the way you travel to work matters more than you think.
www.euroncap.com
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No, not "clearly". An all-electric SUV would obviously produce less harmful emissions than a petrol Mini. If environmentally friendlier SUVs were practical and pushed by manufacturers then everybody wins, right?
Yes, but in case you hadn't noticed, public transport is getting more efficient while private transport is getting less efficient because of the huge rise in larger, heavier vehicles which has proven to be the second largest contributor to the increase in global CO2 emissions between 2010 and 2018.
