More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking space
More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking space
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More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking space
I really don't get why people like to buy such huge gas guzzlers and somehow those are the people I hear complain about gas prices the most
We should really just have EU law that over a certain size requires a new license that isn't automatically given to people that have one now.
About that...
Well yes I maybe did not notice this was a UK community ๐
Ignoring the brexit crap and assuming you ment EU and UK laws.
I don't think that would help. If we had a new licence class. It would just mean people need to do more tests to drive it.
Unfortunately licence structure have no when needed requirements. Just the qualification.
A suggested solution would be a road access class. If vehicles over a certain size (lets just say width. ) had a significant number of roads and villages they were only allowed in for blue badge holders or loading and unloading. No parking.
For most owners the impractical living with such vehicles would only be tolerable when they have a second transport and a safe storage area that dosent ban parking.
May also be worth adding a new wheelchair only blue badge class. But that may miss some disabled that genuinly need the extra width im not thinking of. So would need some seriose consideration.
Having rules that disabled people (or people driving them) get exceptions is something I'd take as a given within EU countries (UK still has EU values mostly so they're included when I say EU)
The main issue we need to solve is the 9 to 5 people who could go to work with a fiat 500 instead taking a Ford F150 because ๐ค instead of any practical reason.
Higher cars are generally very unsafe for pedestrians AND people driving smaller cars (which encourages those people to also buy bigger cars) while also being less safe for the people in them (main reason people but them is cause they "feel more safe")
It'd be environmentally and socially better to have smaller cars.
People with several kids, disabled people, etc.
A car that houses 5 people does not need to almost be as wide as a bus, we have compact cars that can handle 5 people.
As for disabled people those can also mostly be transported by a normal car (with some modifications) or a small bus, they don't need a Ford F150 size car for that
my neighbours have 8 kids and their minibus is smaller than many of these trucks.
These huge cars don't seat more people than regular cars. They're huge for aesthetic reasons only. Estate cars are just slightly longer- but length isn't the problem. It's width and height.