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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Neil Lancefield

Land Rovers’ and Jeeps’ growing bonnet heights ‘a clear threat to children’

SUVs are typically taller, wider, and heavier than traditional cars - (Getty Images)

A height limit on car bonnets is necessary due to the increasing danger posed by SUVs, a new report has found, noting the increased risk to children.

Transport & Environment (T&E) revealed that UK drivers purchase a disproportionately high number of new cars with elevated bonnets compared to the European Union (EU).

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