General Road and Highway Discussion

[Bytor]

While I don't agree with their mischief (legal definition which includes property damage), it's not "for some reason" as if the negative externalities of SUVs were unknown.

* greater risk to pedestrians and cyclists in collisions
* greater likelihood of mot seeing those pedestrians and cyclists in the first place 
* higher emissions & pollution
* greater wear and tear to roads

I mean, all of those things are true, but SUVs seem benign next to pickup trucks, and as far as I can tell, they ignored those.

It's a stupid campaign in any case; what is the best possible outcome this group thinks is going to come from this?

They didn't ignore them, they acknowledged that trucks are often used by tradespeople. Like I said, I don't agree with it because of the possibility of vehicle damage, but I think it was a smart move to not target pick-ups as you know there'd be people with valid work trucks who got deflated and not just penis-extender pickups.

The reactions to this on r/kitchener and r/waterloo are mostly irrational anger with a soupçon of overt threats, and valid work trucks getting hit would only make it worse.