Why our love of big cars is killing us
In the next 15 years an additional 400 pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists will be killed on European roads because of the increased average car size.
The figure is based on projections using data from Eurostat and the UK department of transport. Research by the Transport & Environment (T & E) think tank suggests that those road death figures could be significantly higher.
After 25 years of relentless growth, our roads are increasingly dominated by huge SUVs that pose a physical danger to everyone else.
And bigger cars means less space on the roads and in car parks. Big vehicles, such as…
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