Dangerous, polluting SUVs and pickup trucks took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.

For half a century, a litany of federal policies has favored large SUVs and trucks, pushing automakers and American buyers toward larger models. Instead of counteracting car bloat through regulation, policymakers have subtly encouraged it. That has been a boon for car companies, but a disaster for everyone else.

  • ninjaphysics@beehaw.org
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    6 months ago

    Throwing my hat in the ring to represent the people fighting stupid policies that keep cars as our preferred mode of transport. We need to advocate at the local level for safe, separate bike lanes, multi modal transportation infrastructure, tax on privately owned heavier vehicles across the board, and a ban on lobbyist influencing when we’re seeing such damning evidence of the multitude of health/environmental hazards such as pedestrian deaths and tire pollution. What we have now is pure negligence and a preference for cars/driver rights over human life.

    • ted@beehaw.org
      2·
      6 months ago

      Hell yes to transit and alternatives to car infrastructure, but I’d also still prefer small quiet electric cars where the driver is eye level to me over a sea of grills with tinted windows and diesel engines rumbling.