Can oversized cars be cut down to size?

Carspreading: SUV Alliance calls for fairer parking charges and taxes on oversized cars based on their size and risk they pose to vulnerable road users and pedestrians

Changing car widths (SUV Alliance)

Changing car widths (SUV Alliance)

The growing popularity of large cars means that more than 1 million of the vehicles sold in the UK each year are now too big to fit a typical urban car parking space.

Guidelines state that on-street parking bays should have a minimum width of 1.8m, and length of 4.8m which is the typical size in urban areas. The problem is that supersized sports utility vehicles (SUVs) now regularly measure more than 1.8m wide and 4.8m long – a process some refer to as ‘carflation’.

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