Bigger isn't always better.
We urgently need to reduce the greenhouse emissions from road transport. The good news is that key markets like Europe are actually doing well in setting targets to reduce tailpipe emissions, and in many cases,First, since SUVs are larger, they use more materials in their production than the car they are based on.
. That extra 200kg of metal, plastic, and rubber – the weight of several people – all use more raw materials and more energy to be produced.The extra weight also means they don’t achieve the same fuel economy as a normal car, because the engine has to work harder to get the car moving. SUVs also tend to be further off the ground .
showed that SUVs have an 11 times higher risk of rolling over in an accident and children in vehicles that roll over have a two times higher risk of dying in that accident.Back to the weight. Many owners may assume that the larger SUV is safer, yet US vehicle safety agencyobserved that decreasing the weight of SUVs would reduce the seriousness of accidents by between 0.3% and 1.3%.
Blindspots and high bonnets make SUVs particularly dangerous for pedestrians. Indeed, a recent study in the journalconcluded that replacing the US’s growth in SUVs with regular cars over the past two decades “would have averted 1,100 pedestrian deaths”. The author also found “no evidence that the shift towards larger vehicles improved aggregate motorist safety”. Another smaller study
showed that SUVs cause more serious injuries and deaths when they strike pedestrians, especially over 20mph.
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