Why do people drive unnecessarily large cars?

Is it? You did reference the post though about vehicles pulling out in front of cyclists because of high vehicles(suv types), doesn't matter what vehicles a bicycle is behind if that happens, that's the fault of the vehicle pulling into traffic. Would you not agree?

I know what the point is, and I'd say cans and trucks, etc are every bit as plentiful. Have a drive up the Naas road any morning. Drivers need to anticipate for SUV types then,. Pretty simple. I don't see why you need to see over a car, you don't need to see over a van, a tractor, a bus, a lorry, etc. You wait until you can see and proceed. Pretty basic rules of the road.

As someone who cycled a lot before getting a driving licence, I was always situationally aware of my surroundings and especially around trucks/buses. These vehicles have blind spots no matter how many mirrors they have. I've been saying it for years that the likes of the RSA need to bring school kids(Even Adults) and sit them in the likes of an artic truck to show people what the driver can &cannot see.

Years ago i had a mate get in to the artic i was driving and he couldn't believe the views from the truck and all the different things a driver would do.(He just qualified as a pilot at the time).

So the emphasis for all road users should be checking your surroundings.

Yep, you're definitely right about the "suv" type cars. I'm in the same camp there too about observation, purely inattentive driving behaviour, with how busy roads are nowadays, with every sort of user, including cyclists,e scooter users, it's all about observation

Ah but, but EV SUVs don’t cause climate change

They are illegal and purchased only by twats who want to break the law.

Who said that it was fine to listen at a volume that prevents you from hearing things outside the vehicle?

There are headphones and headphones. A €10 set of headphones might be fine, €250 padded Bose sound cancelling headphones might put you in your own world.

Tall people require suv type cars. It's the reason I want one.

It's not just earphones.

I gave up using my 120db Hornit electric horn on the bike when I found many drivers not hearing it, when just a few cms from their ear.

If motorists are forced into driving tiny misery boxes, all cyclists should be made cycle bmx's. I think thats only fair.

Well if you've never used them you wouldn't know. Think about it though, it's the same reason most if not all, construction workplaces,workshops, don't allow their use or the use of ear defenders with radios.

Nothing miserable about driving a sensible-sized car that fulfils most people's needs. Unless they have 4-wheel-drive (which most laughably don't), and you need that for whatever practical reason, SUVs benefit nobody. They just get in everyone else's way, as the idiots who waste money on them try, usually unsuccessfully, to navigate their way around the place. And your BMX example might have sounded clever in your own head, but it makes about as much sense as I'd expect it to make. like SUVs, most cyclists don't have any reason to use a BMX. Although at least a BMX is actually built for off-road use, so there's that, I suppose.