Mastodawn

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009.

Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/21/us/trucks-suv-pedestrian-crashes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sFA.I27_.RXJpxEQcJXSI&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

The New York Times

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Henrik Pauli 1d ago

@davidho Whenever this comes up, the "persecuted" car people always argue that the ever-growing height of cars is entirely the regulatory bodies' fault, as they force the cars to be safer (for the users of the vehicle) and that requires all of this.

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TrimTab 🇺🇦1d ago

@phl @davidho
Um. Let me get this clear, are you saying that safety standards are forcing us all to buy SUV's?

Is this your final answer? It has nothing to do with greed in the auto industry and corruption in congress? Broken vehicle classification rules that evade emissions standards? I could go on...

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Henrik Pauli

@TrimTab @davidho Definitely not mine, I said as much :)