Limit new car dimensions by 2035: proposal from civil society to the EU
Limit new car dimensions by 2035: proposal from civil society to the EU
More than 30 civil society organisations have called on the European Commission to initiate work on a legislative proposal to set limits on the dimensions of new passenger cars by 2035 (particularly…
30 associations are proposing to the European Commission to impose a limit on the size of new cars, in particular the total width and bonnet.
A report connected with this request showed that the average bonnet height of newly-sold cars in Europe is increasing by 0.5 cm a year.
Many studies showed that bigger cars and higher bonnets are related to more collisions, and worse outcome for pedestrians and cyclists (and those in smaller cars), especially in regards to children
Those SUVs are kid crushers, they shouldn' be on our roads
crossposed from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/114674420551539891
This image says it all.
Should have cowcatchers and just plow through it Damage (to people and every piece of property) is to be paid by the owner of the emotional support vehicle.
Also, tax them to death. Based on weight, dimensions (3dim!), power, displacement etc.
I think those trucks actually are in the gender affirming care category. /s
Emotional support vehicle is a apt description
Europe isn't build for big cars. It's kind of dumb to rebuild all our cities to accommodate something we don't need.
Cities should be built for people, not for cars.
I love projects where they actually make an effort to take this approach for new developments.
Such anthropocentrism!
Maybe nonhumans don't matter to you, but some of us care!
Not only we don't need them. They're dangerous.
Literally yesterday I saw a tram that could not continue becomes someone parked his emotional support pickup truck in a parking place on the side of the street. The truck was so absurdly wide that the tram driver had to get out of the tram and ask the person to move his truck. It was a sad day.
In the Netherlands, there is no need for a pick up truck in the middle of the city in the Netherlands, other then compensation for tiny family jewels.
I think big cars should be prevented from entering any big city.
Where in the Netherlands does one need a truck? Especially those American ones. Strandwacht and boswacht are the ones I could think of (and than the more practical European style pickups).
Same for SUVs.
they should introduce legislation that gradually shrinks the size of cars until eventually they're too small for a person to fit inside of
True. My most pro car opinion is that the old metal 'hot wheels' were cool.
I've said it's stupid when the whole SUV crazy began some 15 years ago. Everyone rushing buying SUV's to chug their children to school and everyone was buying them with excuse of safety and visibility. Nevermind that when everyone has these oversized dick compensators, no one is "safer" any longer and for visibility, people have proven they can't drive for shit whether they are in a small hatchback or a tall SUV. They still don't see shit and still hit things because they don't actually look.
And there is no way going back, it's just getting worse. Few years ago European sized SUV's were the most we've seen. Now some are Murica sized SUV's that are the size of aircraft carrier and I'm seeing more and more stupid pickup trucks like F150. And it's not driven by some lumber worker who needs heavy equipment in a middle of forest, it's always some rich posers driving them.
They can't revert what has been done, they can just stop this madness at what it is now.
In my opinion that should by handled by vehicle taxes. If your car exceeds the dimensions cities are designed for right now, your tax increases. If it's noticeably smaller/lighter (think kei car), you get a tax rebate.
People would be a lot more interested in compact vehicles if driving one made a real difference in their wallet.
beyond a certain size should require a Commercial Drivers License as well
@Jesus_666 @RejZoR I agree, as long as non-car owners are considered. If a kei car owner gets a rebate, non-car owners should get an even bigger one.
Honestly I think it was more than 15 years ago. As soon as "light trucks" (a category including SUVs) became less regulated than any other vehicle, it's been aggressive marketing from automakers to push them. Remember when even the Simpsons was pushing how terrible and dangerous SUVs were with the canyonero? It's just been political loopholes pushed by corporations, and now we live in a country where the top 3 best selling vehicles have all been 20 foot long pickups for years.
We didn't even have term SUV back then in my country. It was either a sedan, hatchback or a "jeep" (which is what we generally call any larger 4x4 car).
YES!
UK lawmakers - please take note also. Not just in cities but we find them jammed up in our country lanes too, and regularly crossing the centre line on B-roads.
10 fucking years? We'll have flying cars before we have reasonably sized ones.
Well, no; collapse of civilization due to climate change and the last human hiding in the last occupiable bunker.
And one of these behemoths will be tossed at the entrance.
Why 2035? Block sales now, and then prevent anyone who bought them from using them in 5 years or something.
While I would love that, companies also have rights and would immediately sue governments blocking car sales immediately after they already started production. It's not that easy
Good, but why the long wait?
but will you not think of the men with fragile masculinities and mid age crises??
They should buy an overpowered motorcycle and try not to wrap it around a tree.
How do I get involved in that? Who should we contact so that this is not just a letter but gets transformed into a bill?
The letter is from 30 associations among which the one of the website I linked. Try to contact them