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

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Limit new car dimensions by 2035: proposal from civil society to the EU - Feddit.it

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]

Show threadazimirJun 13, 2025

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.

Show threadKirp123Jun 13, 2025
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.
Show threadEvil_ShrubberyJun 13, 2025

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):

Show threadcmeioJun 13, 2025
Your graphics show how it is different. The big groups B-SUV and C-SUV are much smaller than a Cybertruck or F-150 (the most sold car in the US). I am not 100% sure, but I think they would probably either be in D-SUV or even uncategorised in this statistics
Show threadEvil_Shrubbery

Can confirm, we don’t have a category for whatever this is either:

But neither did the USAnians, marketing just forced it over the decades, culturally linking it to being alpha-macho or whatever.

Tho its notable that pickups and larger SUVs sold in Europe (Amarok, Hilux, GLS) are all over 5m (over 5.2?) making them about the size of the average USA SUV (not average pickups tho, that is still 0.5m short of the latest F-150 series).

Jun 13, 2025 at 12:43pmWeb
Show threadcmeioJun 13, 2025
Absolutely! Yes, and the Amaroks etc. are seen on the street much less than pick-up trucks in the USA. But I also think, we have to make sure it doesn’t happen here