These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
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Engineers, planners, politicians, and advocates all around the world are trying to improve their cities and build more great walkable places with viable alternatives to driving. But there's a looming trend that could undo all of that hard work: the growth of SUVs and light trucks.
This could all be solved if these pathetic suburbanites could just buy small cars, station wagons, or minivans instead.
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Script by Nicole Conlan and Jason Slaughter
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References and Further Reading
Tell Automakers: Fix front-end blind zones - Consumer Reports Petition
https://action.consumerreports.org/20...
CityNerd: Problems with Pickup Trucks (Nebula)
https://nebula.tv/videos/citynerd-pro...
New Car Assessment Program
https://www.federalregister.gov/docum...
SUVs, pickup trucks more likely to hit pedestrians than cars, study finds
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2...
The Ultimate List of Driving Statistics for 2023
https://driving-tests.org/driving-sta...
All history (including auto industry research of SUV buyers) is from:
High and Mighty: SUVs-the World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way
Keith Bradsher
[ISBN 9781586481230]
Goodreads: 832299
Trucks And SUVs Are Now Over 80 Percent Of New Car Sales In The U.S.
https://jalopnik.com/trucks-and-suvs-...
Mindgames on wheels - How advertising sold false promises of safety and superiority with SUVs
https://static1.squarespace.com/stati...
Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 1997 (modified)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/juanelo...
Sherman tank by Nyttend - Own work, Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Carsized.com
https://carsized.com
Global SUV sales set another record in 2021, setting back efforts to reduce emissions
https://www.iea.org/data-and-statisti...
Kids and Cars
https://www.kidsandcars.org/
https://www.kidsandcars.org/how-kids-...
Experiment involving SUV reveals hidden danger for small children
https://www.kmbc.com/article/experime...
SUVs second biggest cause of emissions rise, figures reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/environme...
U.S. Pedestrian Fatalities Rise, While European Pedestrian Fatalities Fall
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2019/...
Cyclist and Pedestrian Deaths Skyrocket in 2018 as Motorists Stay Safe
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/06/1...
Why are US drivers killing so many pedestrians?
https://cityobservatory.org/why-are-u...
https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/suvs...
National Survey on Distracted Driving Attitudes and Behaviors
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov...
The Car Cushion Hypothesis: Bigger Cars Lead to More Risk Taking—Evidence from Behavioural Data
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
You Don’t Need A Full-Size Pickup Truck, You Need a Cowboy Costume
https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/y...
City drivers 'should think twice' before buying SUVs
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-566...
Pickup Trucks - From Workhorse to Joyride
https://www.axios.com/ford-pickup-tru...
Transportation Alternatives - The Problem with Bigger Cars
https://www.transalt.org/newsletter/s...
Unlicensed Driver Is Charged in Death of Baby in Stroller
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/ny...
Tyre Extinguishers
https://www.tyreextinguishers.com/
EUROPEAN VEHICLE MARKET STATISTICS
https://eupocketbook.org/wp-content/u...
European new car market starts 2021 with record market share for SUVs
https://www.jato.com/european-new-car...
Safety consequences of vehicle size & weight
Safety consequences of vehicle size a...
This video contains content licensed from Getty Images
Engineers, planners, politicians, and advocates all around the world are trying to improve their cities and build more great walkable places with viable alternatives to driving. But there's a looming trend that could undo all of that hard work: the growth of SUVs and light trucks.
This could all be solved if these pathetic suburbanites could just buy small cars, station wagons, or minivans instead.
Patreon: Patreon: notjustbikes
Reddit: Reddit: notjustbikes
Mastodon: @[email protected]
NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel):
@njblive
Script by Nicole Conlan and Jason Slaughter
---
References and Further Reading
Tell Automakers: Fix front-end blind zones - Consumer Reports Petition
https://action.consumerreports.org/20...
CityNerd: Problems with Pickup Trucks (Nebula)
https://nebula.tv/videos/citynerd-pro...
New Car Assessment Program
https://www.federalregister.gov/docum...
SUVs, pickup trucks more likely to hit pedestrians than cars, study finds
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2...
The Ultimate List of Driving Statistics for 2023
https://driving-tests.org/driving-sta...
All history (including auto industry research of SUV buyers) is from:
High and Mighty: SUVs-the World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way
Keith Bradsher
[ISBN 9781586481230]
Goodreads: 832299
Trucks And SUVs Are Now Over 80 Percent Of New Car Sales In The U.S.
https://jalopnik.com/trucks-and-suvs-...
Mindgames on wheels - How advertising sold false promises of safety and superiority with SUVs
https://static1.squarespace.com/stati...
Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 1997 (modified)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/juanelo...
Sherman tank by Nyttend - Own work, Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Carsized.com
https://carsized.com
Global SUV sales set another record in 2021, setting back efforts to reduce emissions
https://www.iea.org/data-and-statisti...
Kids and Cars
https://www.kidsandcars.org/
https://www.kidsandcars.org/how-kids-...
Experiment involving SUV reveals hidden danger for small children
https://www.kmbc.com/article/experime...
SUVs second biggest cause of emissions rise, figures reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/environme...
U.S. Pedestrian Fatalities Rise, While European Pedestrian Fatalities Fall
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2019/...
Cyclist and Pedestrian Deaths Skyrocket in 2018 as Motorists Stay Safe
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/06/1...
Why are US drivers killing so many pedestrians?
https://cityobservatory.org/why-are-u...
https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/suvs...
National Survey on Distracted Driving Attitudes and Behaviors
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov...
The Car Cushion Hypothesis: Bigger Cars Lead to More Risk Taking—Evidence from Behavioural Data
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
You Don’t Need A Full-Size Pickup Truck, You Need a Cowboy Costume
https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/y...
City drivers 'should think twice' before buying SUVs
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-566...
Pickup Trucks - From Workhorse to Joyride
https://www.axios.com/ford-pickup-tru...
Transportation Alternatives - The Problem with Bigger Cars
https://www.transalt.org/newsletter/s...
Unlicensed Driver Is Charged in Death of Baby in Stroller
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/ny...
Tyre Extinguishers
https://www.tyreextinguishers.com/
EUROPEAN VEHICLE MARKET STATISTICS
https://eupocketbook.org/wp-content/u...
European new car market starts 2021 with record market share for SUVs
https://www.jato.com/european-new-car...
Safety consequences of vehicle size & weight
Safety consequences of vehicle size a...
This video contains content licensed from Getty Images
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