First I’ll start by saying that there are legitimate reasons to own a large vehicle like if it’s used for work/utility reasons or is necessary for someone with a disability. However, every other reason I can think of for buying an excessively large vehicle I find to be incredibly selfish. My own personal issue with all these tanks on the road is related to parking. The part of the city that I live in has mostly only street parking. On weekends there is more shopping and dining traffic, which I of course accept is park of living in a larger city. But now vehicles are getting larger and larger and taking up more space, I can’t even park on my own street anymore.

Other things I find particularly selfish:

“I feel safer.” The reason you feel safer is because you know that if your car is bigger than the other(s) involved in a collision, you wont be the one getting crushed. If most vehicles were similarly sized, then safety would improve for all.

“I have a large family.” Are mini vans not good enough anymore?…