We've already established that many disabled/more frail folk benefit greatly from the height of an SUV; speed bumps designed to effectively force you to need one to use what should otherwise be decent moderate-speed roads are yet another reason why such people are being given the clear message from above not to bother wasting their time with a standard, more ecofriendly car.
TBH, it’s a little bit more complicated than that. When there was a clear delineation between SUVs and saloons, I hated SUVs as much as the next person. I didn’t own a car, I didn’t want to. I was a committed pedestrian and hired cars very occasionally.
Now I’m disabled and need my wheelchair to go about my life normally. I’m not “frail”. I don’t need or want someone accompanying me everywhere I go, so I need a car big enough for me, my wheelchair, its hoist, my work paraphernalia, my dogs (walking and public transport always covered work and dog walking before). I also use it for normal use like moving DC in and out of uni and digs every five minutes. I also need a high seating position.
Twenty or thirty years ago, people with my condition would have been expected to give up and retire, to sit at home and be “done to” by others, to put up with being referred to as “frail”, to lose all aspects of our independence. I wasn’t even 40 when I lost my mobility. Of course it’s progress that I got to keep much of my life. To carry in working and paying (a lot of) tax. It is huge.
So I need a big chassis, but I drive a PHEV and will switch to all electric next time I change cars. So my emissions are low and I keep my life.
I can’t see a problem with that.