Tire Extinguishers can fuck right off

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Woke up to deflated tires because I drive an SUV.

Jealous, petty wankers.

Anyone got got this morning?

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Oh those pesky pedestrians, they can't stop getting themselves killed by SUVs, it's really inconvenient 🙄

Five years old, but this article shows the absolutely shocking contribution that SUVs make to the rise in carbon emissions. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/oct/25/suvs-second-biggest-cause-of-emissions-rise-figures-reveal

Every time you fill up the petrol/diesel tank you are funding these monstrosities.

Why all the comparison with electric cars only? It is not all about weight. Why not compare with ‘normal’ height/width family car? Even an estate car if you like. It is not all about weight but also the high profile which is much less aerodynamic and therefore needs more fuel to run. The headlights are too high and are completely blinding to those of us in normal cars when they come up behind, this is dangerous. They are driven by fashion, desirability and lifestyle choice.

I don't see too many SUVs driving down pavements, however I do see a good many pedestrians stepping into the road without looking.

More people were killed by buses and lorries than by SUVs. Whilst any road fatality is traffic, it is fortunately a rare occurrence.

As well as the Botswana Special, another one worth watching was a Top Gear episode where they raced across London on different modes of transport. The bicycle won, a speedboat came second, public transport came third, and the car came stone dead last.

You have to be careful with those statistics as the quote the percentage rise, not the overall percentage.

There is no doubt that at one time a bigger heavier car would produce more CO2, and that the rise in popularity meant an increase in co2. However, personal vehicles account for 8 % of global co2 emissions, and suvs are a percentage of that, so overall there are better things to target that would effect greater change.

Maybe the protesters could go to the Ukraine and lie down in front of one of Putins tanks? That would target a much more polluting vehicle.

You can tow a horse box with a Nissan Leaf!

I think the best one was the polar special.

That is stationary and not moving. The ability to read the road further ahead is much better from a SUV.

The problem with your kind of misinformed argument is it’s wrong, a quick Google will give you lots of reasons why, eg https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/suvs-cause-pollution-old-cars-b2430942.html

and

https://towardsdatascience.com/suvs-are-killing-people-de6ce08bac3d

Fat load of use "reading the road ahead" is when on the school run. You should be going slowly so no need to look far ahead, and you should be on the lookout for kids darting out from between badly-parked cars.

Driving an SUV in urban areas is antisocial behaviour.

Yes, but if you look at actual scientific papers rather than newspaper hype, you'll see the picture is slightly different.
https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector

They’re utterly ludicrous. They let down a clearly adapted vehicle and a farm vehicle near us. Hilarious. Also the farm vehicle travelled with a compressor and sorted everyone out in about ten minutes. 😂

I drive an SUV (really, really big one) in urban areas every single day. Because I have travel to an urban area. But I live on a farm. Should I have multiple vehicles for driving in rural, semi rural, semi urban, urban areas..? 😂

An empty horse trailer is its towing capacity. And that would drain its fairly appalling charge rapidly. But mainly, why would anyone want a Nissan Leaf?

No, people in your situation are those that these vehicles should be aimed at. People who live and or work rurally, also people such as tradesman who need to transport materials can all reasonably drive trucks, vans, SUVs as they are required. A mum who lives in a city and transports children, a pram and groceries does not require one!

A fresh article from this morning. I had no idea that first year tax on SUVS was already so high in France, and so low here. We need to emulate them ASAP. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/mar/01/uk-tax-polluting-suv-green-thinktank-environment

We don't 'need' to.

My SUV is big. I love it. But I didn't buy it. It was a birthday present from my husband and kindly bought to save me bending down to put babies and children in car seats because I have a bad back. Hope that's ok, but I bet it's not.

I don’t do a school run. And reading the road ahead is an imperative of good driving. I often need to travel way in excess of the speed limit in my SUV and the ability to anticipate traffic ahead is really important. As it is for any driver of any vehicle. I agree SUVs are not ideal vehicles for school runs. I used to have a people carrier when I was ferrying 4 kids about and it way way more practical for family activities than a SUV.

You often need to travel way in excess of the speed limit in your SUV?

How so??

Emergency response vehicle.

Presumably therefore it's not a private car.