Not mentioned:
Overconsumption and the endangerment of others by oversized SUVs, for example. #Carbloat

I saw this visual demonstration of ‘car bloat’ on our London high street. Cars are getting wider on average by 2cm per year in a profit-driven trend. The average UK car now takes up 1/3 more road space and win’t fit in a traditional home garage. #autobesity #carbloat #carspread #visionzero

From @climatetown.bsky.social : "Whelp, the roads of America have been flooded with glorified tanks, and now 4 out of every 5 new vehicles sold are non-passenger work vehicles. How awesome."

#Autobesity #carbloat #carspreading #streetsafety

Mobiles Baden-Württemberg - Baden-Württemberg Stiftung Wie kann eine ökologisch, ökonomisch und sozial nachhaltige Mobilität in Baden-Württemberg aussehen und wie kann diese a…

Die FDP fordert:
• zurück zu 76 🚗 / 1.000 👤.
• Öffentlichen Raum effizient nutzen,
• #Carbloat zurückdrängen,
• 🅿️ #Gratismentalität im Seitenraum ist wieder vorbei.

Sie betont, warum das Szenario „NEUE MOBILITÄTSKULTUR“ (NMK) in mobiles-BW.de das einzig Tragbare ist.

@katjadiehl.bsky.social

Ooh, I think I know this one.

Was it because their vehicles are unnecessarily too big and heavy?

#CarBloat

Example of the critical thinking we need to place crash types and devices into the larger context of traffic safety. The biggest issues on our streets are the biggest things on our streets, period.

#RoadSafety #VisionZero #CrashNotAccident #SafetyOverSpeed #CarCulture #CarBloat #motornormativity

Agreed.

#CarBloat #Autobesity #CarSpreading #PlacesForPeople

@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars Dangerous, polluting SUVs and pickup trucks took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.

“For half a century, a litany of federal policies has favored large SUVs & trucks, pushing automakers & buyers toward larger models. Instead of counteracting #CarBloat thru regulation, policymakers have subtly encouraged it. That has been a boon for car companies but a disaster for everyone else.”

#Carbloat.

#Motonormativity letting #CarCulture distract from the real issues. #CarBloat #DangerousByDesign #Speeding

Cozy coup as a jacked up truck in raised, oversized wheels

Even the cozy coup has car bloat, it is now in truck form. One of my kids daycare friends had one out today and am so glad he avoided it #carbloat #tuckfrucks

Autobesity: Bloated Cars Widen By Two Centimeters Per Year Roads in most British cities are becoming more and more choked as wider motor cars struggle to squeeze past each other.

Excellent re #CarBloat / #AutObesity (not “car size”)

www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one? The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.

This is a good article, worth reading.

Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?

The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.

Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat

Our government failed to address this #carbloat hazard in #Budget26. Our road traffic collision toll is worse this year than last year, at this time, and yet no one in authority dares to mention car-bloat.
"In a collision, pedestrians and cyclists are at greater risk if hit by an SUV than by a

A cartoon by the very talented Jen Sorenson about the absurdly oversized trucks that are being foisted onto our streets. It is called "The Height of Folly". First image is of a truck with children sitting in front to illustrate the blind zone of over-sized trucks, like the F150 (there are 10 children sitting there, invisible to the driver). Second image is children on stilts & giant truck, with tagline line "obviously we need taller children, it's time for stilts!". Third image is a cop on stilts handing out tickets for "shortwalking" to pedestrians on a crosswalk who are not using stilts. Fourth image is someone on stilts saying "maybe we should try regulating vehicle sizes?" and another stilted person saying "are you kidding? That would be ridiculous".

We all need stilts! h/t to the brilliant @jensorensen.bsky.social for illustrating the absurdity of these bloated professional air haulers & those that defend them #CarsRuinCities #CarBloat #CarBrain

Someone, if this was the other place, would be along shortly to explain that they need, everyday, to carry aged relatives ro hospial, children going to archery classes, furniture, cement mixers, cellos and therefore *need* one of these 'sports utility' tanks. #autobesity #CarBloat

@cmshahanahanif.bsky.social @transalt.org @foodcoop.bsky.social No more massive #carbloat and #SUV #yahoo in front of fire house messing up my #crunchy #granola experience at the #ParkSlope Food Co-op #cars #climate #brooklyn #airquality

#carbloat

For parking, shouldn’t concern be size/footprint rather than weight as #AutoObesity ( #autobesity / #CarBloat ) cubic meters are increasingly a problem

A cargo e-bike sitting next to an old blue Toyota Tacoma pickup truck which is low the driver and the cyclist can smile into each others’ eyes

There was actually no reason we had to turn the average pickup truck into a dangerous tank.*

*except for auto industry greed and toxic masculinity

#carbloat #8to80

Honestly, if I had to get another car right now… to replace my current tiny hatchback… everything is the size of a whole arse apartment block

I swear - these monster trucks are just out to disable and kill anyone not in the vehicle

#changelaws
#carbloat
#morekei-lessmonster
#youarentruralkeith

#carbloat

I haven’t seen it illustrated like this before. Very effective messaging. Of course it actually depends a lot on how fast the vehicle’s being driven, how big the vehicle is and how it’s designed, and how small the victims (too often kids) are. Via @yegbike.bsky.social #SpeedKills #CarBloat

Meet the Lucid Gravity X: The electric SUV turned all-terrain beast Lucid’s most adventurous vehicle has just arrived. The Lucid Gravity can drive 450 miles on a single charge, comfortably fits...

Pro: it’s electric!
Con: Yet another variation on the growing automotive cancer that is the SUV.
#Lucid #CarBloat #EnoughAlready #MoreSedans

Unacceptable.

Pickup trucks and their drivers are killing children. The federal government must act on #CarBloat. We must prioritize children's lives

#StopDeKindermoord #StopKillingKids

Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one? The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.

Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?

The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.

This is a good article, worth reading.

Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat

Jon Snyder asks panelists to wave a magic wand to make a big change to improve traffic safety, save lives. Richard Proszek, Spokane Engineering: "Smaller cars and fewer people using them." BIG YES.

#WTSS2025 #RoadSafety #CarBloat #CarCulture #driving #YouAreTraffic #transportation

The new electric SUV market under battery supply constraints: Might they increase CO2 emissions? Two trends have shaped the European car market over the past decade: electrification and SUVisation. Recently, they have merged in a new product: the …

IMPORTANT: Study finds electrifying SUVs/pick-ups could actually INCREASE emissions by using up scarce battery material that could otherwise be used to electrify a lot MORE smaller cars (and e-bikes). Via @sciencedirect.bsky.social

SUVs are too big. #CarBloat
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Sadly true.
#CarBloat #Autobesity

#carbloat #motornormativity