2024-02-01 17:01:07
In the United States, the number of pedestrians killed in road accidents jumped 72% between 2010 and 2021. Gabriele Maltinti – stock.adobe.com
An American study shows that the higher a car is, the greater the risk of losing the life of the person hit.
Should we push SUVs out of cities? While Paris is organizing a vote on Sunday on the establishment of a special parking rate for these vehicles, the Lyon town hall has also announced tiered prices according to weight and motorization. The measure will come into force in June. Both cities blame SUVs – an acronym for “ sport utility vehicle » – to be too bulky, too heavy and too polluting. The objective is in particular, according to the Lyon town hall, to achieve « fair sharing of public space ». With an average width exceeding 1.80 m in the European Union (an additional 1 cm every two years), it is sometimes difficult to find suitable places to park.
But another complaint is made against these cars, located halfway between sedan and 4 × 4, in an American study posted online on January 19 by the magazine Economics of Transportation. Its author, Justin Tyndall, economist at the University of Hawaii, shows through statistical analysis…
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