[esoterica]

SUVs are more dangerous to pedestrians and cyclists (and scooter riders) than sedans. If you are using a tool that endangers everyone around you then you bear partial responsibility for increasing the latent risk of transportation even if you’re not the proximate cause of a given accident.

[gamblor956]

True, but in this case the scooter rider would have died whatever vehicle hit him--truck, SUV, sedan, or motorcycle.