They should have dedicated truck parking. Have all these fuckers with body image issues all park together away from the normal people.
Let them have their 3495kg vehicles, but have them park with all the other legitimate trucks and make them walk the extra distance to the shops.
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 4 days ago
I vote we don’t do that because it’s taking up valuable space that creates urban sprawl. We already have dedicated truck parking (as in, actual trucks, not oversized utes & SUVs) in places where they’re needed for deliveries.
Utes have fit in regular parking spots for decades. We should just say - no, these oversize utes/SUVs just can’t be bought.
Have you ever wondered why you even need a car to pop to the shops?
Because we’ve designed our cities around cars. (Unless you live in the CBD or other dense pockets in this country where you can literally just go downstairs. Weekly shop? What’s that?).
Let’s not have them park anywhere (in my opinion).
Make them buy a real vehicle, not one for emotional support.
Salvo@aussie.zone 4 days ago
I do agree with you, but as long as these loopholes exist, there must be an alternative.
That said, it is amusing driving through certain housing estates where there is one normal-sized car in the driveway; which is being blocked in by the Dodge Ram that is too big to fit in the driveway.
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 4 days ago
The current alternative is pretty funny, if you live in a council who’s really strict about parking.
It’s really hilarious when people park like wankers in Melbourne CBD because there’s an online form you can fill out to sick the parking inspectors on them really quickly depending how busy they are.
I’ve done it multiple times to people parking in the car-share dedicated spots. It’s always Teslas, BMWs, Mercedes.
Though, now we’ve had this conversation, I’ll keep an eye out for oversized car parking too.
Them when they get the fine: wHaT dO tHeY eXpEcT mE tO Do?
Buy literally any other ute/van that easily fits in the spots.
I’m a bastard haha, I can’t wait.
Why I think we should do literally nothing to accommodate this ridiculous vehicles, accommodation is a precedent they will come to expect and feel entitled to.
People already feel entitled to large roads, and right of way for cars. Let’s not give them a single mm.
I suppose they’re doing their best haha
Salvo@aussie.zone 4 days ago
One of my neighbours has a Kia K200 for his landscaping business. Another has a Ram 2500 for his ego.
Only one of them can drive through the estate when there are other cars parked on both sides of the road.