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What If I Should Drive An SUV?

Weighing self-preservation, principle, and duty to family

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Addison Del Mastro
Jan 22, 2024
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Recently, I saw two tweets. One, a journalist sharing a story about the death of a cyclist, struck and killed by a motorist. The other, a businessman arguing that if you care about your family’s safety, you have a duty to drive an SUV.

Because I follow so many urbanism/transportation folks on Twitter, I see this all the time—the bicyclists and pedestrian…

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