| Comment | It's not just about being green but safety. Some SUVs can weigh between 2 and 3 tonnes. Their headlights are raised and shine directly into the mirrors and eyeline of typical cars. They block line of sight of the road and can have significantly more blindspots on them.
They're basically trucks in the shape of cars, but vans and LGVs weigh less unladen. In terms of utiltiy, minivans, people carriers and such are far better designed with lowered headlights (and centre of mass) and high FOVs.
They also handle worse while simultaneously giving the illusion of safety. An increase in road accidents has been directly correlated with SUV use with their crashes being significantly more fatal for the occupants inside and outside the vehicle.
If I had to choose between keeping an eye on a boy racer in a stage 3 remapped impreza or someone doing the school run in a g wagon, I'd be watching the g wagon like a hawk.
That's without getting into the fact that the impreza will still, by far, have done less damage to the environment than the SUV. |
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