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(DIR) Post #AZ83h0KIHhem6QnNDc by clive@saturation.social
2023-08-26T17:04:28Z
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Over 150 models of cars have so ballooned in size that they no longer fit in car-parking slots, the size of which was set decades ago: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/26/more-than-150-car-models-too-big-for-regular-uk-parking-spaces
(DIR) Post #AZ86DHxITWtDxAYpgO by Jon6705@mastodon.world
2023-08-26T17:32:41Z
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@clive Not just the number of vehicles causing jams and gridlock. It's the size of them too.
(DIR) Post #AZ88DJ2ocsyPEtHJHk by fluxed@ieji.de
2023-08-26T17:55:07Z
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@clive "In the US, minimum width standards of parking spaces usually range from 8.5 to 9.0 feet... (and due to larger US vehicle sizes) most #parking spaces will be within 16 to 20 feet (4.9–6.1 m), with 19 feet (5.8 m) feet deep being the standard DOT recommended depth for standard perpendicular parking."The #Ford F150 is 19.3 feet long and 8 feet wide. It's been the best-selling US vehicle for for decades, only recently eclipsed in this country by the #Toyota RAV4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parking_space#Marks_and_space_size
(DIR) Post #AZ88SYbv29YTrPyBhQ by fluxed@ieji.de
2023-08-26T17:57:36Z
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@clive https://www.axios.com/2023/01/23/pickup-trucks-f150-size-weight-safety
(DIR) Post #AZ8A7P1ZgCaJxN0hto by kevinrns@mstdn.social
2023-08-26T18:16:29Z
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@clive Add an annual tax for owning trucks and stationtanks, not on the seller, but owner, to pay for the damage and costs of the size. make it a worthwhile size._____"Should I go?""Billy wants to go too.""I dont see Billy, Im late.""Just go!"
(DIR) Post #AZ8BQNchDJ4h4CzEi8 by toriver@mas.to
2023-08-26T18:31:04Z
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@clive so now we have automechanical obesity, too?
(DIR) Post #AZ8BX0XxPSUdWWvksy by cablespaghetti@blahaj.social
2023-08-26T18:32:06Z
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@clive To be fair it’s not because we’re driving massive trucks like Americans it’s primarily due to crumple zones and safety features surely?
(DIR) Post #AZ8DAY4um2EclflSim by mike805@noc.social
2023-08-26T18:50:08Z
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@clive Meanwhile in the USA.
(DIR) Post #AZ8Gobc9LVHtBG6OnI by jnv@fosstodon.org
2023-08-26T19:31:27Z
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@clive We need to normalize small vehicles. I recently down sized and love it. Easy to drive and quick to clean.
(DIR) Post #AZ8HKaz5DwtcUd5DLk by andresmh@hci.social
2023-08-26T19:37:16Z
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@clive it’s hard to find small phones, cars and, even houses sometimes (at least in NJ)
(DIR) Post #AZ8PTJLixUAK2UL93g by ScottAkenhead@masto.ai
2023-08-26T21:08:04Z
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@clive My duh.Took me way too long to realize the Daleks in Dr. Who – squishy little people shouting “Exterminate! Exterminate” from inside killing machines – was a metaphor for people in cars. 🤦♂️
(DIR) Post #AZ8RpGnbJyDoPNygKG by clive@saturation.social
2023-08-26T21:34:51Z
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@ScottAkenhead lol yes
(DIR) Post #AZ9DowpOMvZYGjjB1k by deightonrobbie@mastodon.green
2023-08-27T06:32:43Z
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@clive Or transporters which used to carry 7 cars now only able to carry 3...
(DIR) Post #AZ9jsR4DasybSKMxuq by clive@saturation.social
2023-08-27T12:31:00Z
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@toriver Alas, yes
(DIR) Post #AZ9jxwbJmN4MhjTiLo by Patrickoldhiker@ohai.social
2023-08-27T01:24:40Z
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@clive @toriver Unquestionably, we have automotive obesity. Driving my ordinary mid-sized sedan has become difficult because of the inability to see around all the suburban assault vehicles, leaving the remaining drivers of smaller cars like me little choice but to join the arms race.
(DIR) Post #AZ9jxxIZBZfErriFlI by clive@saturation.social
2023-08-27T12:31:13Z
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@Patrickoldhiker @toriver The US carmakers barely make any cars any more
(DIR) Post #AZA2Hc2TjgmNtoi7gO by Patrickoldhiker@ohai.social
2023-08-27T15:57:52Z
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@clive @toriver True, they make mostly pickup trucks in the US/Canada/Mexico because they are protected from competition by a 25% tariff.
(DIR) Post #AZEUJOWkWAiDvBLb5E by chrisaraymond@me.dm
2023-08-29T19:30:23Z
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@clive Unfortunately, these behemoths squeeze themselves in everywhere and block the sight of drivers in cars trying to pull out of spaces
(DIR) Post #AZEdWOzX0Cz4iH5SyW by clive@saturation.social
2023-08-29T21:14:12Z
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@chrisaraymond Truly