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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.
@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.
Mind you, I'm talking about a partial rebate on the vehicle tax. People who don't own cars don't pay vehicle tax, of course.