| Comment | Personal choice is great, but if everyone drives an SUV or other oversized car (as is sadly the norm now), there's literally less space for other people's cars, nevermind space for anything else.
It means a few other things too:
* Crossing streets suddenly becomes much more difficult for pedestrians, whose sight lines are blocked by oversized vehicles.
* Buses and public utility vehicles like bin trucks find it harder to navigate the streets (see Sinclair Drive as a great example of this).
* Pavements and roads wear down at a quicker rate (more pot holes) as they have to cope with the weight of larger, heavier vehicles resting on or travelling over them.
* As SUVs and wide cars more generally become the norm, roadways have to be widened to accommodate this. In cities, this means less pavement space, as you can't move the buildings. In new build suburban areas, this means extra wide streets, which again are detrimental to pedestrians and have the added effect of encouraging speeding.
These are all knock on effects of individuals deciding they want to drive a completely unsuitable vehicle. |
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