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Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago

Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier

www.theguardian.com

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Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier

www.theguardian.com

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Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago

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About 60% of the 1.2m cars that drove out of the showroom last year were SUVs, but road fatalities reached a 12-year high too

A good article from The Guardian discussing the trouble we face in Australia with ever increasing vehicle sizes.

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