France has had the guts to crack down on SUV drivers. Why doesn’t Britain?

Re:France has had the guts to crack down on SUV drivers. Why... by BXLE_1-1-BitIs1 on Sunday September 10, 2023 @01:24PM (#37457968)

Toronto's Rosedale is a wealthy older inner city neighborhood with mansions and narrow streets populated with SUVs. The trophy wives who typically drive them generally lack the skill to safely maneuver them in tight spaces.

SUVs and other large dimension vehicles should require a higher class of license and training to drive in urban areas, same as truck drivers.

North America would do well to mandate the same pedestrian protection measures as Europe.

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Re:France has had the guts to crack down on SUV drivers. Why... by version_five on Sunday September 10, 2023 @02:46PM (#37458738)

Yeah those women drivers. Big vehicles should be for men on a jobsite, not pretty trophy wives.

This reminds me of a conversation on here the other day, as soon as people find a group they feel it's socially acceptable to hate on, they're all over it.

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Re:France has had the guts to crack down on SUV drivers. Why... by KRAKRISMOTT on Sunday September 10, 2023 @03:44PM (#37459257)

> Big vehicles should be for men on a jobsite, not pretty trophy wives.

Exactly, they belong in a job site, not tiny cramped urban areas. You see most SUV ads invoking mountains and nature and off-road driving. You don't see them bragging about their Walmart grocery carrying capacity. If SUV drivers can't drive properly, they should stick to the suburbs where roads are wider.

> This reminds me of a conversation on here the other day, as soon as people find a group they feel it's socially acceptable to hate on, they're all over it.

That's called being human. Bad drivers are not a protected class anywhere.

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