Modern 4x4s are no bigger than people carriers and estates and are safer on icy and slippery roads.

They are serviced more often than the average car and also have more safety features.

Many 4x4 users choose to use these cars to suit their lifestyles.

They are not boy-racers nor are 4x4s high-perfomance cars. What right does anyone have to say the car featured in your article is dirty and dangerous?

All vehicles have emissions tests when MoT-ed. If they have passed their MoT and are taxed and insured, they are roadworthy and legal.

Activists should stop wasting everyone's time and get a life.

-Colin Saitta, Patcham, Brighton