Dodging the Dodge Ram 1500?

A Dodge Ram 1500 is an American pick-up that weighs as much as a Panzer tank. in Europe, there's been a 20% increase in the importation of this and other SUVs. They seem to be purchased as status symbols by urban folk, who claim to feel safer, driving their families in such machines. This security, however, is counter-balanced by making endangering people they share the roads with. The bulk of these vehicles is a problem. Collision with an SUV can obliterate a traditional vehicle. They are also high and have really long bonnets. This means that, when they hit a pedestrian, it's likely to result in a fatality. Children are hit in the head (even seeing a smail child is difficult from the elevated driving position) and adults in other vital organs. Rather than being knocked to the side, humans who are hit are likely to be dragged under the wheels. All this and these monster trucks emit massive quantities of 'greenhouse gases' worsening climate change (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/12/monster-pickup-trucks-accelerate-europe-sales-rise-safety-fears). They are, of course, problematic to park on the streets of cities and towns. Little wonder, then, that some cities are banning or advocating the banning of the the Dodge Ram 1500 and all its relatives.