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Paris SUV driver charged with murder after cyclist run over (www.theguardian.com)

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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.

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[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think the outrage is due to the fact it was a cyclist. You can try driving round Paris and it'll take years off your life.

Cycling is a whole different story. Drivers respect cyclists and give them a wide berth; they won't overtake unless they can leave at least a metre. It's just the done thing

Damn right this cunt should have the book thrown at him

[–] SlyLycan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So it's less that the person rightfully was punished and more newsworthy that someone broke that code of conduct? That makes more sense. I think the modem news is making me more cynical than I would like.

Thanks for the insight!

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That, and also the mayor of Paris is on a massive anti-SUV bender at the moment, hiking up parking charges to discourage people from driving them

The judge has probably been told to send a message.

You don't. Fuckin. Need. An SUV. You. Cunt

[–] phar@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've been to France a few times and what they consider an SUV over here in America we don't consider to really be an suv. They're like tiny crossovers. I wonder when they're trying to get rid of SUVs how many vehicles they're really trying to get rid of. The "SUV" we got when we rented one was not much different from a medium sized sedan. We could not fit five pieces of luggage.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're absolutely the exception, not the rule

Take your tiny-penis truck and leave, there's a good fella

[–] phar@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

You seem to have misunderstood what I was saying. I was saying the article just says SUV. But what does it mean by SUV? Full size SUVs? Because the little SUVs over there are really small and may notnbe what they are talking about. I was commenting on it being unclear, I wasn't supporting the use of SUVs. Maybe try to piece it together before you insult someone?