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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

we need car parks with height barriers that exclude the suv's. people in range rover sports SUVs worth 80k aren't worried by an extra tenner on the parking fee. now imagine their 'car' won't fit......

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

I like Khan because he is one of the few remaining politicians in power in the UK who are unashamedly pro-European

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (3 children)

So rich people can continue to use them without issue?

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Only rich people are driving SUVs in London regularly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

I guess at least it's something.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Not sure how it works in Paris/London, but the other day I parked behind a gigantic US style pick-up. That monstruosity was longer than the parking spot, but also wider with like 10-15 cm on the street. This is messing with cyclist, car on the road, but also people who want to park behind you and don't have the usual reference.

Seriously, if you don't fit on a parking spot, you should be towed away. If you want to drive a truck, go in a truck parking which are usually in industrial area away from the city.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've seen pickups in France parked with their backs on the grass because they don't fit. Some park diagonally over two spots to fit, and that's an improvement over just taking four spots.

Although it would be fun to see their reaction if there would be designated spots for "big-boned vehicles" on the far end of the lot.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

This is the correct solution: Don't cater to anti-social consumer choices, but tow religiously.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Should do the same with the congestion charge too.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's already like 12 pounds an hour

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

London has some of the best public transport on Earth. Few people in the highly urbanised parts need to drive at all.

And they definitely don't need to drive SUVs or pickups.

I'm not one of those privileged idiots who cry about people driving in areas with no or shit public transport. But again, this is London we're talking about... you're fine without a car, doubly so some gargantuan US-market monstrosity.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

I live on Tyneside and one of the things that I'm constantly reminded of when I go literally anywhere else is just how good our public transport links are.

That said... the first time I went to London? Blown away. It's on a whole other level in that city.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

And as long as a concerning amount of people still choose to drive them, it must be