Why SUVs are bad news for children and the school run.

You’ve probably noticed it too: cars are getting bigger. Recent research backs up the theory - bonnet heights of cars are increasing by half a centimetre a year in Europe, and SUVs made up 64% of new car sales in the UK in 2024, compared to less than 5% at the start of the millennium. It’s a dangerous trend. High bonnets create a large blind spot, which means children up to the age of nine can be invisible to a driver of an SUV. You think the driver can see your child right in front of him, but