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Re:Deterioration of Local Community a Major Driver of Loss o... by nottorp on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @06:56AM (#40644761)
I once saw a F-150. It needed 3 parking spots at my eastern european local mall :)

And I don't mean the driver was an asshole, it simply wouldn't have fit in otherwise.

Re:Deterioration of Local Community a Major Driver of Loss o... by aswanson on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @08:55AM (#40645686)
There have been studies showing that the driver was likely an asshole. Not kidding: https://youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo?si=2VnfQw_rMsZckB1I
Re:Deterioration of Local Community a Major Driver of Loss o... by ModernMech on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @10:10AM (#40646360)
Starts at 12:10
Re:Deterioration of Local Community a Major Driver of Loss o... by CalRobert on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @09:06AM (#40645777)
The driver was an asshole for not finding somewhere else to put it.
Re:Deterioration of Local Community a Major Driver of Loss o... by i80and on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @09:31AM (#40645977)
I deeply hate driving my family's F-150 for this reason. It doesn't fit in American parking spaces.

Ridiculous vehicle.

Re:Deterioration of Local Community a Major Driver of Loss o... by Tomis02 on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @09:32AM (#40645991)
> And I don't mean the driver was an asshole

Well...

Re:Deterioration of Local Community a Major Driver of Loss o... by nottorp on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @10:11AM (#40646373)
> The driver was an asshole for not finding somewhere else to put it.

In the former soviet block, you don't "find somewhere else" to park your car. You grab the first spot where you fit because you don't know if there is another free anywhere else.

Incidentally, that's why i like 4 meter cars. On streets with parallel parking, they fit in more places than the 4.5 m or more.

> Well...

Okay he could have been an asshole for other reasons, including for importing the F-150 here.

But the parking spots were at 45 degree angle and while it was narrow enough to fit in two if parked at 45, it was too long and it would have blocked the access lane with the tip. So it was parallel parked on 3 which was the only way to not block anyone.

Re:Deterioration of Local Community a Major Driver of Loss o... by CalRobert on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @01:37PM (#40649178)
I don't understand how choosing to purchase a vehicle allows you to break the law. This is a place you cannot park that vehicle.
Re:Deterioration of Local Community a Major Driver of Loss o... by jajko on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @10:27AM (#40646553)
My favorite answer from soccer moms when I ask them why they drive their huge (by US standard tiny to normal) SUVs just around the city: 'I see better from up there and I feel safer in big car'.

So, bad driving skills and realizing it via lack of self-trust, being compensated with degradation of roads and parking for everybody else, or just throwing money at the problem (without fixing underlying issue, but feeling less shitty about it).

All could be easily solved by proportional taxation. Swiss folks figured it like many other things already, each canton has their own car tax rules but most are some formula with horse powers and car weight combined. No chance this decade for anything similar in the US I believe.

Re:Deterioration of Local Community a Major Driver of Loss o... by Shocka1 on Thursday June 13, 2024 @09:50AM (#40669620)
After that get them off their phones please. Good luck.