[geonic]

A huge percentage (about 20%) of all cars I see are SUVs. Even for smaller cars there seems to be a trend towards really bulky bodies. Cars have become larger and larger over the years.

We have a giant problem with climate change yet car manufacturers keep making larger and larger cars. And people buy them. This does not make any sense to me. It only accelerates climate change, parking spaces become even harder to find in cities, and most people don't need an SUV at all.

I think SUVs and all large trucks that are not real utility vehicles should be outlawed.

[yostrovs]

I need my SUV, but I do wonder what you have that you don't need that we can outlaw without thinking about the consequences.

[geonic]

I don't doubt that there are some legitimate use cases for SUVs. The problem is all the people living in cities have virtually zero need for an SUV. Since it is absolutely unfeasible to require people to provide proof that they need an SUV before purchase the only way seems to outlaw them.

The massive push for EVs while simultaneously allowing car manufacturers to build larger and larger ICE SUVs seems stupid and counterproductive.

[yostrovs]

Your totalitarian way of thinking is frightening. "The problem is all the people living in cities have virtually zero need for an SUV." - who are you that you know so much about so many that you don't know? The problem is that you're a self centered totalitarian.

[UncleMeat]

Is it totalitarian to expect people to pay for their externalities? Your damage is currently being subsidized by other people.

[Notanothertoo]

That's not what your asking. If you can quantify externalities una suitable manner then do so and hold them responsible? If you can't and you decide to ban instead that tells us it's more about control than anything.

[yostrovs]

You have no idea what I do with my vehicle, yet you believe you can make that vehicle illegal. This is while your own actions and consumptions lead towards a disaster, which should certainly be made illegal as well. Whatever they are. I don't even need to know.

[UncleMeat]

Taxing something and making it illegal are different things. And the damage caused by larger vehicles is not hard to understand. Damage to roads and emissions are simple functions.

And yeah, my behaviors that have harmful externalities should also be taxed.

[geoduck14]

My wife and I trades in our Honda Civic for an SUV. We have 4 kids and we needed something that can hold 4 child seats.

We NEED the SUV- even if I only put all 4 kids in it 25% of the time, se still need it

[bradknowles]

No, you don’t. A van or station wagon could easily do the same.

Don’t claim you “NEED the SUV” when you really don’t.

Sure, you may WANT the SUV, but that’s not the same thing as NEEDING the SUV.

[crocodiletears]

Stricter occupant safety and emissions requirements incentivise the development of larger vehicle platforms.