Call to cap car bonnet heights as SUVs present ‘growing threat to public safety’

Such vehicles posed a particular risk to children, a think tank said (Alamy/PA) -

A limit on the height of car bonnets is needed as SUVs present a “clear and growing threat to public safety”, according to a new report.

The think tank Transport & Environment (T&E) said UK drivers bought a disproportionately large amount of new cars with high bonnets compared with the European Union (EU).