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SUVs are a plague. They should never have existed, much less be sold in Europe.
This seems completely unrelated to the story at hand... an SUV isn't any better at running down a cyclist than a truck is.
Truck drivers are professionals, which doesn’t make them perfect but at least trained in driving large vehicles. SUVs are oversized hormonal toys for insecure, wealthy people who hate rules and other people. They’re even specifically marketed towards that group, just like the modern F150s and RAMs you see now on our narrow roads.
In theory, yes.
In practice, trucks are possibly the greatest hazard to cyclist, and the don't are ridiculously low. In one case, the driver list good license for a month and had to pay a fine of 4500 euros.
Initially, he called the judgement "too harsh" and that he wants to appeal, which it seems he retracted.
I admire your contortionism.
The article is about a manchild killing someone with an SUV, and about banning SUVs, and you're here all like "look there guys, a pink elephant".
In my country, farmers unfortunately have similar exceptions. It must be said though, that they rarely drive through towns and cities (and a good thing it is, because most seem to be rather careless).
Ours drive grain to large silos which are usually built next to railroad tracks. There are very small towns that exist only because of the grain silo. The trucks are common enough that you see them on highways and in town. I usually try to stay away from them because they don't take care of them very well. I've seen them with completely bald tires.
Trucks literally have better front visibility than most big SUVs
Is that a fact? Take it up with Edwards, M. and Leonard, D. (September 2022). "Effects of large vehicles on pedestrian and pedalcyclist injury severity". Journal of Safety Research.
...are you trying to argue that trucks aren't large vehicles?
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Why not banning both.
There are some rural places, such as northern Canada where am SUV is practical. With the amount of snow that falls there, a small car just doesn't work well.
But in Paris, yeah, ban them.
It's the light truck classification that has driven this trend. Before the SUV you could just get a Bronco, Wagoneer, or such. Moving people around in off-road conditions has always had a niche, but bad rules have reshaped the market to an unhealthy condition.
Regular sized cars seem to work well in Finland and Norway, though.
And Russia has this 4x4 cutie:
