Your usage is definitely a minority, most people drive SUV (and I've made numerous polls in various communities since it pissed me to no end to see all those bi

Your usage is definitely a minority, most people drive SUV (and I've made numerous polls in various communities since it pissed me to no end to see all those big cars, polls had always same result) because of cargo culting (footballers or other 'celebrities' are using it so I will do so too) or, to put it politely 'not very good drivers', who need higher seating position to feel to be actually aware of their surroundings enough to feel safe on roads. There is a small other group, lets say physically impaired for whatever reason, for whose SUVs are another proper justifiable use case like yours, because they would be unable to get into ie bmw 5 series wagon as I've experienced with some obese people in my extended family, the whole car sits just too low. Also, at least in Europe, SUV is such a vast spectrum from borderline crossovers cars that are just worst from both worlds (sport / utility ride scale) and would struggle badly in any off-road terrain, to proper Utility vehicles that allow you to go to hell and back. That being said, I don't get the topic that much, it has trivial solution already implemented in many places - car tax. Based on weight, power, CO2 output or some combination of them. Switzerland, at least western cantons, have each their own formula so when I moved around I paid differently. State can ie plant trees from those money collected (at least thats my wishful thinking, in reality its never so straightforward)