I think the problem isn’t with any particular vehicle. The real problem is the drivers of the vehicles. Whether large or small there is a tendancy to over estimate the capabilities of both the driver and the vehicle. When the limits of both machine and driver are exceeded havoc ensues.
I have heard several people say that they prefer a large vehicle because it’s safer. My first thought is, safer for whom? The potential damage inflicted upon a person or object by a 2500-3000 lbs. vehicle is much less than that of a 4000-6000 lbs. vehicle. This is simple physics.
This country (this is the only country I have ever driven in) has experienced a vehicular arms race of sorts. In my experience drivers of larger vehicles tend to believe that “right of way” is assigned by tonnage.
