Limit new car dimensions by 2035: proposal from civil society to the EU

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30 associations are proposing to the European Commission to impose a limit on the size of new cars, in particular the total width and bonnet. A report connected with this request showed that the average bonnet height of newly-sold cars in Europe is increasing by 0.5 cm a year. Many studies showed that bigger cars and higher bonnets are related to more collisions, and worse outcome for pedestrians and cyclists (and those in smaller cars), especially in regards to children Those SUVs are kid crushers, they shouldn’ be on our roads crossposed from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/114674420551539891 [https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/114674420551539891]

PLEASE put a stop to insane car sizes. I’m from the US and our cars, SUVs, and trucks have gotten so huge it would be humorous if not for the thousands of extra children it’s killing each year.

In the words of the Australian health minister: is it how the US is doing it? Don’t do that.

Those kind of cars are not really popular in Europe as the streets here are narrow and don’t follow grid patterns. A lot of countries also already have regulations that limit what cars are road legal. That’s why you will not see a Cybertruck on the road in Europe, they have too many sharp edges and no crumple zones which makes them not road legal.

What??
(This sounds like something someone who has never been to Europe would say.)

Europe is being absolutely flooded with SUVs and even pickups (supply/marketing pressure + ego imho, bcs such cars are more profitable for manufacturers even when they are lower quality). And yes, we have a couple of Cybertrucks too.

Also most the poshest SUVs sold in USA are European models.

The dumpsters from at least two EU countries:

Additionally, here are new car registrations in 2024 - most of the cars (50.7%, 7 million cars) were some sort of SUVs (so the front part of the car is higher than it needs to be):

I live in Denmark and the Cybertruck is not road legal here. I though that was the case for most of Europe?
AfaIk, they needed to attach something at the edges of the cybertruck to have at least 3 mm radius.
Lmao, like those rubber balls you can put on furniture to stop kids braining themselves?