These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us

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Engineers, planners, politicians, and advocates all around the world are trying to improve their cities and build more great walkable places with viable alternatives to driving. But there's a looming trend that could undo all of that hard work: the growth of SUVs and light trucks.

This could all be solved if these pathetic suburbanites could just buy small cars, station wagons, or minivans instead.


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References and Further Reading

Tell Automakers: Fix front-end blind zones - Consumer Reports Petition
https://action.consumerreports.....org/20221116_stop_b

CityNerd: Problems with Pickup Trucks (Nebula)
https://nebula.tv/videos/cityn....erd-problems-with-pi

New Car Assessment Program
https://www.federalregister.go....v/documents/2015/12/

SUVs, pickup trucks more likely to hit pedestrians than cars, study finds
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/....money/2022/03/17/suv

The Ultimate List of Driving Statistics for 2023
https://driving-tests.org/driving-statistics/

All history (including auto industry research of SUV buyers) is from:
High and Mighty: SUVs-the World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way
Keith Bradsher
[ISBN 9781586481230]
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/832299

Trucks And SUVs Are Now Over 80 Percent Of New Car Sales In The U.S.
https://jalopnik.com/trucks-an....d-suvs-are-now-over-

Mindgames on wheels - How advertising sold false promises of safety and superiority with SUVs
https://static1.squarespace.co....m/static/5ebd0080238

Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 1997 (modified)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/....juanelo242a/48129421

Sherman tank by Nyttend - Own work, Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/....w/index.php?curid=16

Carsized.com
https://carsized.com

Global SUV sales set another record in 2021, setting back efforts to reduce emissions
https://www.iea.org/data-and-s....tatistics/charts/gro

Kids and Cars
https://www.kidsandcars.org/
https://www.kidsandcars.org/how-kids-get-hurt/frontovers/

Experiment involving SUV reveals hidden danger for small children
https://www.kmbc.com/article/e....xperiment-involving-

SUVs second biggest cause of emissions rise, figures reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/en....vironment/ng-interac

U.S. Pedestrian Fatalities Rise, While European Pedestrian Fatalities Fall
https://www.planetizen.com/new....s/2019/07/105095-us-

Cyclist and Pedestrian Deaths Skyrocket in 2018 as Motorists Stay Safe
https://usa.streetsblog.org/20....19/06/18/cyclist-and

Why are US drivers killing so many pedestrians?
https://cityobservatory.org/wh....y-are-us-drivers-kil

https://www.iihs.org/news/deta....il/suvs-other-large-

National Survey on Distracted Driving Attitudes and Behaviors
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nh....tsa.gov/files/811729

The Car Cushion Hypothesis: Bigger Cars Lead to More Risk Taking—Evidence from Behavioural Data
https://link.springer.com/arti....cle/10.1007/s10603-0

You Don’t Need A Full-Size Pickup Truck, You Need a Cowboy Costume
https://www.thedrive.com/news/....26907/you-dont-need-

City drivers 'should think twice' before buying SUVs
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56647128

Pickup Trucks - From Workhorse to Joyride
https://www.axios.com/ford-pickup-trucks-history

Transportation Alternatives - The Problem with Bigger Cars
https://www.transalt.org/newsl....etter/september-2-mc

Unlicensed Driver Is Charged in Death of Baby in Stroller
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/0....9/17/nyregion/bronx-

Tyre Extinguishers
https://www.tyreextinguishers.com/

EUROPEAN VEHICLE MARKET STATISTICS
https://eupocketbook.org/wp-co....ntent/uploads/2023/0

European new car market starts 2021 with record market share for SUVs
https://www.jato.com/european-....new-car-market-start

Safety consequences of vehicle size & weight
https://youtu.be/ExQUGk12S8U

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