A study of 13 years of crashes in Australia finds a link between car height and risk of pedestrian death, particularly for women and children.
    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      12 days ago

      I feel like it’s more of a crossover but yeah that’s basically the smallest car they sell nowadays, at least here in the USA.

          • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            12 days ago

            I had to double-check, but the difference seems to be that traditionally SUV has a frame separate from the body construction, and crossover has the body form frame

            But also, that definition is not always followed and people just call the stupidest size cars SUVs, and the less-stupid-but-still-stupid-size crossover

            But for example, by that definition this lada niva is a crossover, not an SUV

            • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netEnglish
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              12 days ago

              Yeah I also looked it up and it doesn’t really seem like there’s a consensus on whether they count as SUVs. So I guess we’re both kinda right.

              Either way fuck cars that are bigger than they need to be. That’s the ultimate point.