“Autobesity”: More than 150 car models too big for regular UK parking spaces

Re:“Autobesity”: More than 150 car models too big for regula... by afiori on Saturday August 26, 2023 @12:27PM (#37274247)

The ironic thing it that it is a negative sum game: as your car get bigger you are safer and other are at greater risk, as everybody else cars get biggers you are in greater danger more so than your cars makes you safe.

It is a classic iterated prisoner's dilemma.

Once enough people (few percent points) start playing the tankification game the only reasonable strategy is to start playing too not to be left behind. But the only winning strategy is not to play (ie to make it illegal for others to play).

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Re:“Autobesity”: More than 150 car models too big for regula... by rlkf on Saturday August 26, 2023 @12:50PM (#37274491)

This also creates a self-enforcing effect: When the SUVs climb high enough in the sales statistics, they start out-crowding the other cars at the dealerships. A few years ago there was a larger diversity of car models - nowadays it seems to be mostly SUVs that are available. Gone are more sensible sized coupés and MPVs.

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Re:“Autobesity”: More than 150 car models too big for regula... by lafar6503 on Saturday August 26, 2023 @01:33PM (#37274932)

This year I had a chance to visit California (11 years since previous time) and there's a noticeable number of smaller cars on the roads. They still look a bit out of place among trucks and typical large SUVs but 11 years ago all cars were same big size.

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Re:“Autobesity”: More than 150 car models too big for regula... by woleium on Sunday August 27, 2023 @01:28PM (#37284783)

I think Japan did this? set a max area for a vehicle? That's why we see a lot of boxy car designs in Japan

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