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Several SUV's are the same size as trucks. Even some Vans.

Small cars don't usually fit families well. =(

LOL - I'm imagining a Prius for a family of 6 =P

Who says the car has to be small? There were no SUVs when I was a kid; people drove small families around in sedans, and larger ones in station wagons - later, minivans. It worked fine, and this could all be done again.

I'm not a fan of the truck driving crowd, but why do you get to dictate that someone should drive a minivan instead of a truck?

Who's pretending I should - I'm just some schmuck on the internet! But it's a matter of plain historical fact that trucks and SUVs took over the American market as a consequence of policies established by the US federal government which made trucks more profitable for manufacturers and ordinary cars less so. Why should we not propose that the mistakes made in one session of Congress ought to be corrected by another?

> why do you get to dictate that someone should drive a minivan instead of a truck?

Because they are killing pedestrians and cyclists at an increasing rate in North America, while the same collisions are coming down in other developed countries. If the industry doesn't regulate itself, the government needs to step in for the common good.

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