| Comment | Cars are getting heavier too. Some of that is positive, modern safety features add weight and electric vehicles are heavier than their petrol equivalent because of the batteries.
But also people favour larger models like SUVs without really needing them. Some of it is the psychological effect of feeling safer in a tank-like car, but I think there's also a vicious cycle where people buy 4x4s to handle the pot-holed roads, which in turn puts more wear on them... |
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