About 60% of the 1.2m cars that drove out of the showroom last year were SUVs, but road fatalities reached a 12-year high too
Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast
George Upjohn vividly remembers his interaction with the driver of an SUV after a collision that happened while cycling in Sydney’s south.
“I had blood all over my shins and when I hobbled up and asked why she didn’t turn her head to check to her side before veering into my lane, she said she didn’t need to because the sensor in her car would have alerted her to me. She said I must have been at fault and rode into her,” the 32-year-old claims.
About Author
More Stories
Étienne-Émile Baulieu, French scientist who invented abortion pill, dies aged 98
Only two European states have net zero military emissions target, data shows
China has ‘totally violated’ its trade agreement with the US, says Trump