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Honestly, they should just ban all SUVs from entering altogether.
Not because of the environment or safety, just because I hate that everything is an SUV these days and they are boring af
It's the carcinization of vehicles, they've all become the same thing.
Looks at Rivian, Hummer EV, and Cybertruck having crab walk features… yeah
Omg it happened again!
That would mean lots of people would have to buy a new car, which is much worse for the environment than to keep driving an SUV
Or people could just take the train or walk.
Remember, we're talking about Paris, not a third world country in North America.
They can, but will they?
You said “have to”. They don’t have to. You’re now talking about whether they “want to” - which is now a question of whether they want to keep money in their wallet.
Don't be pedantic. I meant that they have to buy a new car if they want to keep driving, which most of them probably will, since they wouldn't be driving in the first place if there was a better alternative
I said "want to", and I meant "want to". I don't consider it pedantry - Everyone has a choice.
There's perhaps a fringe case of people that can afford two cars, own one SUV, and still insist on driving into the city - whether that means stomaching the fee, or buying a second car. That is very much a "want", one that increasingly dense cities cannot easily cater to. I'd even say there's not a huge demographic of people who could decide to buy a second car purely for this situation.
That's not going to convince me to sell my SUV. It'd just cause me to buy a second car.
Cool. Let idiots put some more money into economy. Or they can ask for public transport.