Sports? Utility?

SUV drivers often defend their vehicle choice as a safer option - if you have a crash, you are better protected. But they may be falling foul of "risk compensation" according to The Independent.

This happens when one aspect of a situation makes you feel more secure, so you take more risks in other ways. Researchers in London logged 38,000 passing cars, of which 3000 were 4x4s, the SUV drivers were almost four times more likely to be seen using mobile phones. Studies have shown that drivers using mobile phones have four times the risk of an accident. On that basis, SUV drivers are at 16 times the risk.

The research showed they were also less likely to use seat belts.

Perhaps this has nothing to do with risk compensation at all. An alternative hypothesis is that some people are thoughtless arrogant twats.

And they tend to pick certain vehicles.