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This issue that Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) are harmful to road safety is also applicable in India, where we are obliged to cross roads, even with children, in the absence of proper zebra crossings and pedestrian traffic signals. Earlier these SUVs with car bumper crash guards (bassed since 2017 in India) used to look even more monestrous on Indian roads.

As per a news report dated December 9, 2023, the chairman of the Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP) expressed concern about the growing trend of sport utility vehicle (SUV) sales worldwide, including that in India.“Recent studies in various countries have shown that the car industry’s relentless push to sell ever larger and heavier SUVs in every segment is bad news for road safety, but particularly for those driving smaller, more efficient vehicles, and vulnerable road users. It’s critically important for countries like India that the government push the market towards vehicles that are fit for purpose and safer for all road users,” David Ward added.Reportedly, David Ward made the above statement while addressing the three-day Global Road Safety Initiative event organised by the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE), in partnership with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India, and association with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).I persinally prefer small cars which are more suitable challenging road conditions in India.The Global NCAP chief is concerned about the rising trends and sales of SUVs in India, particularly in light of the low level of traffic awareness in the nation. He thinks that carmakers’ promotion of more massive and weighty SUVs in a variety of market segments would hurt traffic safety, especially for pedestrians and smaller cars.

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