Calls to ban SUVs in England with 'size limits’ placed on cars

There are calls for SIZE LIMITS on cars in London in a dramatic shake-up. According to the campaign group Clean Cities, the number of SUVs has increased tenfold in London in 20 years from about 80,000 SUVs in 2002 to 800,000 SUVs in 2023.

Calls are increasing for more to be done to reduce the number of SUVs in London. Nicola Pastore founded the group Solve the School Run.

"SUVs are really dangerous for children," she says. "I'm a parent of three kids all under nine and when we are navigating the urban area there are so many really big cars on the streets and it's really scary as children hit by big cars are at much more risk.

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"The really worrying thing is this issue is getting worse as more of these SUVs are getti