SUVs are a plague. They should never have existed, much less be sold in Europe.
There are some rural places, such as northern Canada where am SUV is practical. With the amount of snow that falls there, a small car just doesn't work well.
But in Paris, yeah, ban them.
It's the light truck classification that has driven this trend. Before the SUV you could just get a Bronco, Wagoneer, or such. Moving people around in off-road conditions has always had a niche, but bad rules have reshaped the market to an unhealthy condition.
Regular sized cars seem to work well in Finland and Norway, though.
And Russia has this 4x4 cutie:
Isn't there an EU citizens initiative to ban large suvs and large pickup trucks yet?
I searched here but I can't find any:
https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/find-initiative_en
This passive language bullshit is so obvious sometimes. "Oh, I wonder what the cyclist did to get run over? And that poor SUV driver getting charged for murder because of this event, Paris is really going off the deep end finding ways to attack innocent drivers." And yet, per the article, the SUV driver ran down the cyclist in a fit of road rage. That sounds an awful lot like an active choice by the driver, not some passive circumstance that the headline implies. If this person got angry and attacked someone with a knife, and the victim died, the headline wouldn't be "Knife owner charged with murder after person stabbed". But use the "right" weapon and all of a sudden we put the kiddie gloves on
Fuck cars
Alternate U.S. headline:
Bike Accident Claims a Life, Unclear if Rider Wore a Helmet
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