Motorist accused of deliberately targeting 27-year-old Paul Varry in road rage incident

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/31244231

Ian Brossat, a former Paris councillor and now a senator representing the French Communist party, called for SUVs to be banned in Paris. “This is not the first incident of its kind, and the dangerous nature of SUVs has already been pointed out on several occasions. We owe it to this young man to realise the scale of the problem and draw all the consequences,” Brossat told the Nouvel Obs.

  • Ledivin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    652·
    11 days ago

    This seems completely unrelated to the story at hand… an SUV isn’t any better at running down a cyclist than a truck is.

    • Mr_Blott@feddit.ukEnglish
      413·
      11 days ago

      In British English, a truck is a lorry, or artic. I think you mean a pickup, which used to be called a pickup in US English, but changed to truck because of insecure, tiny-penis people

      • Ledivin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        86·
        11 days ago

        All of the above. Trucks are even better at killing civilians than SUVs are.

    • Nightwatch Admin@feddit.nlEnglish
      34·
      11 days ago

      Truck drivers are professionals, which doesn’t make them perfect but at least trained in driving large vehicles. SUVs are oversized hormonal toys for insecure, wealthy people who hate rules and other people. They’re even specifically marketed towards that group, just like the modern F150s and RAMs you see now on our narrow roads.

      • Laser@feddit.orgEnglish
        42·
        10 days ago

        In theory, yes.

        In practice, trucks are possibly the greatest hazard to cyclist, and the don’t are ridiculously low. In one case, the driver list good license for a month and had to pay a fine of 4500 euros.

        Initially, he called the judgement “too harsh” and that he wants to appeal, which it seems he retracted.

        • ByteJunk@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          11 days ago

          I admire your contortionism.

          The article is about a manchild killing someone with an SUV, and about banning SUVs, and you’re here all like “look there guys, a pink elephant”.

      • PriorityMotif@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        Truck drivers are professionals

        In my state there is an exemption for farmers, their immediate family, and employees. They can get restricted type of CDL without taking a driving test, and aren’t subject to drug and alcohol screening. They just have certain restrictions basically limited to farming activity.

        • Nightwatch Admin@feddit.nlEnglish
          2·
          11 days ago

          In my country, farmers unfortunately have similar exceptions. It must be said though, that they rarely drive through towns and cities (and a good thing it is, because most seem to be rather careless).

          • PriorityMotif@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            11 days ago

            Ours drive grain to large silos which are usually built next to railroad tracks. There are very small towns that exist only because of the grain silo. The trucks are common enough that you see them on highways and in town. I usually try to stay away from them because they don’t take care of them very well. I’ve seen them with completely bald tires.

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      131·
      11 days ago

      Is that a fact? Take it up with Edwards, M. and Leonard, D. (September 2022). “Effects of large vehicles on pedestrian and pedalcyclist injury severity”. Journal of Safety Research.