Laurie Winkless<p>My latest Forbes article is all about SUVs. Specifically, it delves into two new research papers - one from traffic engineering, and one from public health - that shows how these increasingly-popular (and increasingly large) vehicles come with major downsides </p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2025/05/07/suvs-make-traffic-worse-and-are-more-dangerous-than-cars/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkles</span><span class="invisible">s/2025/05/07/suvs-make-traffic-worse-and-are-more-dangerous-than-cars/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/suv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suv</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/roadsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roadsafety</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a></p>