America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient

Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by exclusiv on Thursday May 18, 2017 @06:39PM (#14371675)

It makes sense - most of the infrastructure was built before the car. So it's not really feasible to accommodate large vehicles.

It's not even possible for them to put the toilet anywhere other than INSIDE the shower in many places because the apartments are so small. Sometimes they even have "floor urinals". I get a laugh out of it every time but they do have some serious size constraints in many places over there.

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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by JauntTrooper on Thursday May 18, 2017 @07:27PM (#14371889)

I would think much of the infrastructure had to be rebuilt after WW2 though, no?

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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by falsedan on Friday May 19, 2017 @07:10AM (#14374467)

The roads? Rights-of-way & property boundaries didn't get bombed, and one narrowing due to right-of-way passing through historical-significant properties restricts the maximum vehicle size for the entire road/region (https://goo.gl/maps/BzJrXer8HmF2)

Consider this local intersection ('junction'): https://goo.gl/maps/UPjtR5VdSXM2. It's a favourite for the practical driving test: from the left lane, turn right into the side street. It's extremely dangerous, as you have to creep around the corner to the left to get visibility of the oncoming 30mph traffic, without getting so far pass the side street's centre line than you can't safely turn in.

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