Brent ToderianSTUDY: “SUVs [and pick-up trucks], which make up an increasingly large share of the vehicle fleet, are more likely to kill pedestrians than cars. Fresh designs haven't changed that.” Via @IIHS_autosafety.
Among many other costs & consequences.
RDS (shawphd on Twitter)@BrentToderian These vehicles seem of a piece with our in the US inability to enact gun control and the “you do you” approach to pandemic mitigation. Very much focused on the owner/consumer at the expense of the wider community.