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Re:Bigger vehicles are directly resulting in more deaths of ... by WalterBright on Sunday August 22, 2021 @11:21PM (#28272012)
> Cars are getting bigger

Really? My old Dodge is a giant compared to modern cars, though it was of modest size in its day. Parking slot sizes have shrunk considerably over the years.

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Re:Bigger vehicles are directly resulting in more deaths of ... by kqr on Monday August 23, 2021 @01:49AM (#28272673)
Parking slot sizes have not shrunk, it is the cars parked in them that have grown bigger. This is well-documented.
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Re:Bigger vehicles are directly resulting in more deaths of ... by WalterBright on Monday August 23, 2021 @04:04AM (#28273341)
I don't believe that. I've seen it myself when a store will restripe their lot to squeeze more parking in. I never had to grease the sides of the car to park it in the 70's.
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Re:Bigger vehicles are directly resulting in more deaths of ... by kqr on Monday August 23, 2021 @06:16AM (#28273957)
That store may well have been the exception, but I'm still curious: what process did you use to come up with the idea that the restriped slots were smaller?
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Re:Bigger vehicles are directly resulting in more deaths of ... by WalterBright on Monday August 23, 2021 @01:32PM (#28279258)
My car's fit in them.
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Re:Bigger vehicles are directly resulting in more deaths of ... by kqr on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @05:44AM (#28286724)
You have a car from the '70s? And this is not when there are more modern cars next to it that make it feel more cramped because they are bigger?
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