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Petrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂ"Important public safety announcement: stop buying enormous cars! Please, for the love of God, pedestrians and my tiny chihuahua that is just trying to cross the road, stop this cycle of car-brained insanity" <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CarBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarBrain</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TallaghtTractor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TallaghtTractor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CarBloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarBloat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Stupo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Stupo</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/09/please-for-the-love-of-god-stop-buying-supersized-cars" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/09/please-for-the-love-of-god-stop-buying-supersized-cars</a>

BellingenNSWThe deadly 3,000kg car bloat trendAustralians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier"Also in recent years, Australia has spectacularly failed at its mission of bringing down road deaths and serious injuries. Speed – and their proclivity to be driven faster – and overall height make larger vehicles far more likely to kill or cause serious injury when hitting pedestrians, cyclists, motorbikes and smaller cars.""Newstead warns how this mentality can lead to an arms race to larger cars for those wanting to bolster their own safety. Crucially, if a driver can’t make eye contact with a pedestrians, “they are going to drive as though they aren’t there”" >> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/13/australian-suv-huge-ute-obsession-roads-more-dangerous" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/13/australian-suv-huge-ute-obsession-roads-more-dangerous</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/vehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vehicles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cars</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SUVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SUVs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/speeding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speeding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RoadViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RoadViolence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/drivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drivers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pedestrians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pedestrians</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CarBloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarBloat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CarMinds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarMinds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cyclists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cyclists</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/families" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#families</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SchoolDropOffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolDropOffs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SacrificeZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacrificeZone</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MobilityDesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#failure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFuel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a>

Brent ToderianIMPORTANT: Study finds electrifying SUVs/pick-ups could actually INCREASE emissions by using up scarce battery material that could otherwise be used to electrify a lot MORE smaller cars (and e-bikes). Via <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/sciencedirect.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sciencedirect.bsky.social</a> SUVs are too big. <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CarBloat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarBloat</a> <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652622048685" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...</a> <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652622048685" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The new electric SUV market un...</a>

Jonathan Emmesedi“We need to think about big cars in the same way that we think about cigarettes: Affecting not just the user, but everyone around the user.”Large SUVs are popular, but they kill pedestrians and people in smaller cars. What will it take for Americans to give them up? | Vox<a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/391733/gigantic-suvs-are-a-public-health-threat-why-dont-we-treat-them-like-one" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/391733/gigantic-suvs-are-a-public-health-threat-why-dont-we-treat-them-like-one</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/Cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cars</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CarBloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarBloat</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SUVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SUVs</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transport</a>

RastaGigantic <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SUVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SUVs</a> are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one? <a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/391733/gigantic-suvs-are-a-public-health-threat-why-dont-we-treat-them-like-one" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/391733/gigantic-suvs-are-a-public-health-threat-why-dont-we-treat-them-like-one</a> The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CarBloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarBloat</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Risk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Safety</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Pedestrians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pedestrians</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SmallCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallCars</a> “We tend to treat the car as a closed thing, ignoring its impact on the environment, the climate, and the pedestrian”

Brent ToderianThis is a good article, worth reading. Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one? The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars. Via <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/davidzipper.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@davidzipper.bsky.social</a> in <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/vox.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@vox.com</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CarBloat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarBloat</a> <a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/391733/gigantic-suvs-are-a-public-health-threat-why-dont-we-treat-them-like-one" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gigantic SUVs are a public hea...</a>

Nikolas KozloffNo more <a href="https://federated.press/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lethal</a> -sized <a href="https://federated.press/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/SUVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SUVs</a> in <a href="https://federated.press/tags/ParkSlope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParkSlope</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/carbloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbloat</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/congestionpricing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#congestionpricing</a>

Ali Clarke :flag_tino:Family holidays in the 1960s/70s, long before car bloat. Throw the kids in the back of the Triumph Herald station wagon and put the luggage on the roof rack - plenty of room! This was a pretty typical family car back in the day. No special child seats then of course.(Apologies for the poor quality photo - it's from a small proof sheet.) <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/CarBloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarBloat</a>

DoomsdaysCWNew study suggests today’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SUVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SUVs</a> are more lethal to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pedestrians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pedestrians</a> than cars“Our findings provide more evidence that manufacturers need to make design changes to help combat the increase in pedestrian fatalities now that more of the vehicles on the road are SUVs"June 16, 2020"Though their designs have changed considerably over the past two decades, late-model SUVs still appear to be more likely to kill pedestrians than cars, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found."Thanks to advances in safety, the number of people killed in motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. has fallen from more than 50,000 in 1980 to 36,560 in 2018. Over the past decade, however, the number of pedestrians killed on American roads has ticked steadily upward."'The proportion of SUVs in the U.S. fleet has grown dramatically, so it’s discouraging that they still seem to be more deadly to pedestrians than cars are' says IIHS Statistician Sam Monfort, lead author of the study."Read more: <a href="https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/new-study-suggests-todays-suvs-are-more-lethal-to-pedestrians-than-cars" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/new-study-suggests-todays-suvs-are-more-lethal-to-pedestrians-than-cars</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarBloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarBloat</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShareTheRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShareTheRoad</a>

DoomsdaysCWI've been thinking about posting this story for a few days. A timely topic! <a href="https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@breadandcircuses</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@jensorensen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jensorensen</a> The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large carsDangerous, polluting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SUVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SUVs</a> and pickups took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.by David Zipper, April 2024"Cars, you might have noticed, have grown enormous."Low-slung station wagons are all but extinct on American roads, and even sedans have become an endangered species. (Ford, producer of the iconic Model T a century ago, no longer sells any sedans in its home market.) Bulky SUVs and pickup trucks — which have themselves steadily added pounds and inches — now comprise more than four out of every five new cars sold in the US, up from just over half in 2013, even as national household size steadily declines."The expanding size of automobiles — a phenomenon I call <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarBloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarBloat</a> — has deepened a slew of national problems. Take <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RoadSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RoadSafety</a>: Unlike peer nations, the US has endured a steep rise in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficDeaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrafficDeaths</a>, with fatalities among <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pedestrians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pedestrians</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cyclists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cyclists</a>, who are at elevated risk in a crash with a huge car, recently hitting 40-year highs. Vehicle occupants face danger as well. A 2019 study concluded that compared to a smaller vehicle, an SUV or a pickup colliding with a smaller car was 28 percent and 159 percent, respectively, more likely to kill that car’s driver."Car bloat also threatens the planet. Because heavier vehicles require more energy to move, they tend to gulp rather than sip the gasoline or electricity that powers them, increasing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenhouseGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenhouseGas</a> emissions. Extra weight also accelerates the erosion of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/roadways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#roadways</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tires</a>, straining highway maintenance budgets and releasing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/microplastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microplastics</a> that damage <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a>."Read more: <a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24139147/suvs-trucks-popularity-federal-policy-pollution?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24139147/suvs-trucks-popularity-federal-policy-pollution?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</a>

Rivoluzione mobilità urbana🚶🚲🚋Mini, 65 anni per allargarsi del 23%, ma meglio non dirlo.Le pubblicità di <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/auto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auto</a> mi danno sempre soddisfazioni: una Mini di 65 anni fa e una odierna sono raffigurate una accanto all'altra e sono larghe uguali.Invece la realtà è ben diversa, con peso e volume cresciuti moltissimo andando a peggiorare la prepotenza dell'auto sullo spazio pubblico oltre al pericolo per gli utenti vulnerabili.E costruttori fanno finta di niente.<a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/carbloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbloat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/mobilitaInsostenibile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mobilitaInsostenibile</a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/violenzaStradale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violenzaStradale</a> <a href="https://feddit.it/c/energia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@energia</a>

Lee 🌏<a href="https://aus.social/tags/CarBloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarBloat</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TheWarOnCar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheWarOnCar</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuckCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckCars</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Urbanism</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bike</a>

Heliomass📖 “A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.” <a href="https://slate.com/business/2024/02/car-safety-guardrails-bloat-electric-vehicles.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://slate.com/business/2024/02/car-safety-guardrails-bloat-electric-vehicles.html</a><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RoadSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RoadSafety</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CarBloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarBloat</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Motornormativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Motornormativity</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates“more than 60 percent of American households currently cannot afford to buy a new car, based on Census data. For individuals, the numbers are even worse, with 82 percent of people below the $100,000 line” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/carbloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbloat</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/waroncars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waroncars</a> <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/americans-can-no-longer-afford-their-cars-1859929" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newsweek.com/americans-can-no-longer-afford-their-cars-1859929</a>

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