Not just that, but at the specific expense of pedestrians and cyclists.

Accident data and crash tests proof otherwise.

The data I can find with a very quick google shows that higher vehicles are more dangerous to pedestrians and so the move towards SUVs and trucks has put pedestrians at higher risk .

- https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/new-study-suggests-todays-s...

- https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/10/3/154

- https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6411168