Civil society calls on the EU to limit new car dimensions by 2035
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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

  • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 days ago

    They need to bring back the sporty station wagon/estate.

    Or “soccer mom” cars, there’s very little on minivan market today at least here in Finland. My wallet says that I don’t drive fully electric for quite some time but about a year ago we had to get rid of our Toyota Previa (too expensive repairs were needed) and there just isn’t too much to pick from. With 3 kids and a dog we just can’t fit the whole circus in a VW Golf and there’s less and less cheap used cars on that category. Sure, if you throw 30-40k€ to the table then you can get a newer VW Caravelle or MB Viano, but below 5k there just isn’t much to choose from. Currently we have Mitsubishi Grandis but with all 7 seats there’s not much room for luggage.

    We used to have E-class Mercedes (S210) and it could easily fit the whole family (with child seats) and have plenty of room in the trunk for the dog and luggage, but if you try to seat 3 nearly adult sized kids on the Grandis the middle row seat alone is really not comfortable for multi-hour trip. And it’s pretty much the same for all the station wagons we’ve had over the years. Sure, we’ve had a lot of them, but I think it’s better for not just my wallet to get old ones and drive them “to the end”.

    But even if we use bigger cars none of them has a bonnet you need a ladder to reach. Grandis, Previa, Hyundai Trajet, Renault Espace and Peugeot 807 all had very rounded front end and “normal” height bumpers. That makes services a bit more pain in the rear, but you can easily see what’s going on in front of your vehicle.