Report from advocacy groups urges tighter regulations for SUVs and pickup trucks

Pickup trucks and SUVs are worse for the environment than smaller cars, and considerably more dangerous to anyone hit by them. They are also some of the most popular automobiles in Canada. A new report from a collection of advocacy groups urges governments to tame the risks posed by these vehicles through strict regulations that could include requirements for special licences to drive them, and limited bans on them in some circumstances.“We’ve been sleepwalking into an arms race on our streets,” said University of Windsor law professor Chris Waters, one of the authors of the report.“Drivers of conventional cars are put at risk as well. So this is not a drivers-versus-cyclists type of thing. This is not another chapter in the culture wars. This is a community safety issue, which I think all politicians should get behind.”