Car crash at Wimbledon school.

[DataNotLore]

Can everyone stop driving these fucking stupid ego-tanks in urban areas now?

Who needs a fucking wank panzer in Wimbledon???

Ban them in urban areas.

We don't know what happened. A mini could have caused the same terrible outcomes. It's not because it was a SUV.

But it didn't

I would ban them too.

towardsdatascience.com/suvs-are-killing-people-de6ce08bac3d#:~:text=Yes.,likely!)%20to%20kill%20pedestrians.

YANBU OP

Just want you need for lunch boxes and PE kits:

twitter.com/LandRover/status/1651360516701315072

A mini would not have taken down two metal fences en route to ploughing into a group of children.

FFS. There's a thread already isn't there?

Tragic incident but these knee jerk reactions don't help.

It's not knee jerk but a horrific illustration of what has been statistically proven.

See the link above.

Correct, this massive thread of hate and knee-jerk nonsense already -

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4843226-to-think-the-law-needs-to-change-on-4x4s-and-supersized-suvs-in-cities

Fully agree. They are more dangerous for the occupants than smaller cars, too.

If you ain't a farmer, don't buy one.

This makes sense, as the high fronts and chrome add-ons are a step back from what car manufacturers were doing a few decades ago.

Many other dangers to pedestrians, as when these are parked vision is restricted when trying to cross the road and where roads are narrow they often park over the pavements.

Agree on banning/restricting in urban areas. Also a ridiculous waste of fuel.

I agree in principle but it's a bit dumb - we don't know any details. The driver could live in the countryside and have been visiting a friend in Wimbledon.

Shall we ban lorries and vans too?

Maybe she was wearing a red coat, we should probably ban them as well. Oh I bet she was wearing a seat belt too... ban em!

This could have happened with any car/van/bus/lorry

Yes its very sad but there will always be accidents

For holders of normal driving licences, we already have.

No, anyone can drive a van on a standard license

@missmollygreen

How many of your children would you be happy to sacrifice for this?

Personally, I think one is too many and any parent who isn't angry needs to look in the mirror.

Its a total knee jerk reaction though.
The type of car isnt the problem, its drivers not paying attention.

Say there had been a ban on SUVs last year, the driver would have been driving an estate car instead and would still have had the accident.

Yeah, numerous threads shrieking "ban them all" "driven by bastards/wankers" etc - that'll stop any more child deaths. Of course it will.

Agreed!! Bloody Chelsea Tractors. Unless you're a farmer and/or regularly towing, you don't need one.

The irony is it is all the mumsnetty types who buy these SUVs
Wanting something big a safe to ferry the little darlings around in

@missmollygreen

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There is plenty of other evidence out there.

They have no place in urban environments.

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YANBU.