The War on Cars

"When you drive a massive SUV you’re saying three things: I don’t care about the environment. I don’t care that I’m more likely to kill pedestrians in my car. I don’t care that there isn’t room for my car and others to co-habit smoothly on London’s streets."

#thewaroncars #suvs #london #driving

https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/london-suvs-cars-pollution-climate-change-b1127839.html

Ugly, vulgar and a climate catastrophe — we should ban SUVs in London or tax them to the max

What upsets me most about life in London today? The endless proliferation of “luxury flats” marketed abroad while ordinary Londoners can’t afford to rent a basic home? Yes, that upsets me. The fact that so many young people in the capital are so utterly devoid of manners that they see nothing wrong with listening to their phones on public transport without headphones? Deeply upsetting on an existential, future-of-mankind level. How about grown men often nearly knocking me or my children over on the pavement with their giant-man-baby electric scooters? Yup. Pretty upsetting.

Evening Standard
Dec 24, 2023 at 7:08pmWeb
Show threadRep. Eric Gallager (no "h"!)Dec 24, 2023
@TheWarOnCars often times it's worse than just "I don't care"
Show threadTom AndraszekDec 24, 2023
@TheWarOnCars - "Simply owning an SUV in London is, in my opinion, an act of aggression."
Show threadclimate voter/degrowthistDec 24, 2023
@tom_andraszek @TheWarOnCars Also, everywhere.
Show thread🌈MarkusDec 25, 2023
@tom_andraszek @TheWarOnCars I think the same applies to the very loud super sports cars with well over 300 hp. These are also a statement that no longer fits our times. And if the richest 3% continue like this with their ships, planes and helicopters, climate change is supposedly unachievable!
Show threadakiran_nDec 24, 2023
@TheWarOnCars usualy I think the biger (and pricey, big and cheap don't count) is the car, the smallest is the weener of his owner.
Show threadgluttoDec 24, 2023
@akiran_n @TheWarOnCars
What about the gigantic not-quite-semitrucks that people drive these days? The trucks with hoods that are 6 feet above the ground?
Show threadclimate voter/degrowthistDec 24, 2023
@akiran_n @TheWarOnCars TBH, this isn't just a weener owning thing. So, explain that.
Show threadmvyrmnd Dec 24, 2023

@akiran_n @TheWarOnCars

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Show threadMartin NuttyDec 24, 2023

@TheWarOnCars

I might add that yours likely supporting one of a number of repressive political regimes which are the key suppliers to the world oil market

Let’s not support #petrogarchs

Show threadMark CrockerDec 24, 2023
@TheWarOnCars it's my understanding that "The War On Cars" is a right wing dog whistle for a liberal conspiracy to deprive conservatives of... I can't continue even with a /s. However I only mention this because using such a phrase may attract nasty trolls.
Show threadKaryl KrugDec 24, 2023
@TheWarOnCars Ronald Reagan started the SUV infestation.
Show threadLord HeeHaw IIDec 24, 2023
@TheWarOnCars Sounds about right.
Show threadclimate voter/degrowthistDec 24, 2023
@TheWarOnCars I wouldn't love cars regardless but if I did, I would not love SUVs or trucks. Some cars used to be beautiful but that started to change when SUVs were introduced. I thought they were ugly and useless from the very beginning.
Show thread7isluckyDec 24, 2023
@TheWarOnCars Wholeheartedly agree 👊
Show threadmaxwellDec 24, 2023
@TheWarOnCars i really don’t understand the popularity of SUVs. they’re neither elegant nor beautiful, and aren’t much more practical than a smaller hatchback, but eat a lot more. why do people like them so much?
Show threadJTWDec 25, 2023
@caffeine @TheWarOnCars I've had to rent SUVs once or twice when my car was in the shop and no regular cars were available. They could only accomodate five people, just like my Accord, and didn't seem to be able to carry any significantly larger cargo. As opposed to the minivan we rented specifically so that six of us could go on a trip together, which was able to carry an entire couch once the seats had been lowered into the floor.
Show threadmaxwellDec 25, 2023
@jtwcornell91 The Accord holds a very special place in my heart because of how it combines utility with elegance, something that most SUVs lack. And yeah, minivans are just on another level when it comes to storage + seat space, too bad I hardly see them around anymore.
Show threadJTWDec 26, 2023
@caffeine having previously owned a conventional Accord, I'm impressed at how well the hybrid does at keeping the battery from taking away a noticeable amount of trunk space. In contrast, the Civic hybrid I test drove a while back had a much smaller trunk than the conventional Civic I had back in my bachelor days. Honda also makes oversized crap, but at least they're still making just-big-enough sedans too.
Show threadmaxwellDec 26, 2023
@jtwcornell91 older Civics were royal at trunk space. another Honda that has surprisingly large carry capacity is the Jazz. seems like a tiny hatchback, but you can cram a whole lot in there, especially with the backseats folded. on the note of the Accord, i didn’t even know they had a hybrid option, as the only ones i’ve spent time with are the type-S 2002 and 2008 Accords
Show threadDr. MotteDec 24, 2023
@TheWarOnCars #mercedes #suv #suxxx
Show threadGrapeshotDec 25, 2023
@TheWarOnCars You forgot the 4th: Compensating for a small you-know-what.
Show threadPedestrianError  Dec 25, 2023
@TheWarOnCars The saddest part is that what qualifies as a massive SUV over there is called “midsized” here and stands no chance in a head on collision with the monster pickup trucks that are our country’s best selling vehicles.
Show threadAndresDec 25, 2023
@PedestrianError @TheWarOnCars I feel like the Cybertruck design was a huge missed opportunity. The front hood and windshield are clearly a ramp. If it were smaller and the front of the hood and rear of the vehicle extended lower, then in a collision with it those huge SUVs would just be launched up into the air over it.
Show threadLPSDec 25, 2023

@TheWarOnCars
That pretty much sums up excessive wealth ....it's more or less a big fuck you to everyone.

Look how little I care about my over consumption while others starve.

Show threadRobert AtkinsDec 25, 2023
@TheWarOnCars It’s amazing how the author of this piece can simultaneously be so precisely correct and also utterly insufferable.
Show threadUrs G.Dec 25, 2023
@TheWarOnCars "Those who drive SUVs are often vulgarians whose sole purpose in life is trying to show they’re richer than other people"
100% agreed!
Show threadTimDec 25, 2023
@TheWarOnCars or in #virginiabeach too
Show threadHugh Young-BishDec 26, 2023

@TheWarOnCars

They're also saying "I'm compensating for my insecurity in my masculinity" (or something complementary if female) and the makers know it: these testostermobiles are commonly styled like Darth Vader, with grilles of sharp projections I call people-graters.

Show threadRealJournalismDec 26, 2023
@TheWarOnCars What do you expect? They're Tories.