A girl I work with lives in Blanchardstown, she drives daily to Summerhill in her car. Why t f?
What’s wrong with a modest hatch back?
She’s unmarried and no kids. What the f does she need it for?
Pot/Kettle Pal, my viewpoints here are clear.. So you disagree with them.. get over it, move on.
That's such a childish response, you already know the answer, but won't say because it gives merit to a different side of the argument
I'm fairness, the issue there isn't the car, it's the driver. Fancy answering my question at all?
I've already giving my reasoning in other posts so if that's not clear..well, I'm not going to be corralled into giving the answer you want me to so move on.
It's not that complicated dude, showing what a city car looks like compared to these ridiculously large vehicles is the whole point of this thread right?
If I wanted to cast the SUV sized vehicles as the big bad wolf i'd of posted a pic of one getting a €160 fine for parking in a disabled spot:
oh wait..another one
You don't need sympathy from me. So, which car there will protect the occupants more in a single vehicle crash.
Would you please stop comparing the biggest and smallest cars on the road. What point are you trying to prove? Why not compare the SUV to an artic? There's an even greater size disparity.
The lengths some posters will go to in order to cast SUVs as the big bad wolf, is mind boggling.
Your lack of sympathy, noted..
Again, if everyone drove a suitable car for Ireland, the streets and their actual needs and not get involved in an SUV arms race then it would be a better place for all road users.
Good for you. Now I'll be selective too, and ask if I'm in a single vehicle crash, which will protect me more,?
Yes, speaking from experience… Well It was a Micra.. but similar size vehicles..
You think you'd survive being hit by the aygo
Oh right, because as I'm sure you know if I was a pedestrian, a cyclist, or another driver then being hit by the Merc would most likely put me into Intensive care or a coffin..
If you wrre driving them I mean
The Aygo would protect me more in a crash..
Which of those would protect you more if you were in a crash?
Definitely seems like an Arms race taking place on the streets, a fight to see who can "stay the safest" while they drive 2km to the local Wine shop…
Saw one of these Mercedes behemoths with one person the driver alone in the car trying to squeeze it down residential city roads, just high enough so the driver can look down on everyone else… when you consider that the Aygo is a more suitable car and won't kill anyone in a collision…
Has there been a rise in the case of children being hit by these.?
And a higher centre of gravity that increases the risk of rollover.
Better view the further you can look but it also creates more blind spots like children who are too small to be seen from the drivers seat window, they might be shorter then your door handle, how can you expect to see them clearly in supermarket parking area?
Its about needlessly using up road space and pedestrian safety.
It is for some, I would say. Lots of people state they like being higher up and my wife, who has been in her father's X5 quite a few times, says it does seem to give you a better view.
I wouldn't think so, a lot of "look what I'm driving", keeping up with the Jones, and the trap of being able to get a maximum amount car loan seems to be what I see. Not always, but I of know a few people driving them and they seem to fit into those few descriptions.
No way. It’s fashion and marketing
Is visibility really the main reason for choosing the SUV for many people?
Exactly, its a vicious feedback loop and no one within the loop realises that at this rate, vehicles will be the full width size of roads. NCAP safety rating doesn't matter if your car is so heavy and big that they instantly crush pedestrians which cannot be seen.
Small Toyota Auris.
It's an "SUV arms race" in many parts of South Dublin, one road starts off with a bigger car and the rest soon follow because "we don't want to drive a small car that would come off worse in a collision.." crazy logic…
i drive a (soon to be retired) octavia and now regularly find myself in traffic where my eyeline is level with the door handle on the SUV beside me.
The real problem is that people are choosing bigger cars for better visibility, but that creates a vicious feedback loop.
Buy taller cars to see above rest of cars in road → height of national fleet increases -> visibility gets worse as all cars are equally tall → buy taller cars
I just push a toy dinky car around my living room floor
II don't particularly have opinions about the people who buy those SUVs, i think they're ugly though.
My only issue with them is that the engine block happens to be right around where my head is in my small car.
The average age of a car in Ireland is less than the European average. Which (all other things being equal) might suggest a trend towards more SUVs here, as the car industry pushing SUVs is a relatively recent thing
From this map, only Denmark and Luxembourg have younger fleets, I think.
https://www.acea.auto/figure/average-age-of-eu-vehicle-fleet-by-country/
