Yes, people foolishly gravitate toward trucks and SUVs, fattening the wallets of the car manufacturers and fueling the insanely stupid 7 year auto loan industry

Yes, people foolishly gravitate toward trucks and SUVs, fattening the wallets of the car manufacturers and fueling the insanely stupid 7 year auto loan industry [1]. Of course, this is also disastrous for mitigating carbon emissions [2]. Additionally, they are a menace on the roadway through increasing pedestrian accidents and death [3] and likely increasing cyclist deaths [4]. They should be much more heavily regulated, for commercial use only, and require special licensing requiring regular accident avoidance training/testing. 1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-20/america-s-truck-love-means-long-term-auto-loans-are-here-to-stay https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-20/america-s... 2. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/oct/25/suvs-second-biggest-cause-of-emissions-rise-figures-reveal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/... 3. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/05/09/study-links-rise-of-suvs-to-the-pedestrian-safety-crisis/ https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/05/09/study-links-rise-of-s... 4. https://nypost.com/2019/10/24/transportation-chief-says-suv-popularity-gentrification-behind-cyclist-deaths/ https://nypost.com/2019/10/24/transportation-chief-says-suv-...