Time to cry halt to gas-guzzling snobs

PLEASE tell me Sean O’Leary (Letters, November 15) was joking when he said gas-guzzling SUVs should not carry extra taxes.

They are mostly used as status symbols and I have never seen one of them full. Indeed most seem to have only the driver and, occasionally, a passenger.

I know of one used by a tradesman who has to carry heavy tools and who would otherwise probably need a second car. Justifiable in his case, but the others?