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

Paris is apparently clamping down on this. If you want to drive what is essentially a truck into the city, you'll get fucking reamed for parking

Good idea

This is the best summary I could come up with:

While the size of the standard parking bay has remained static for decades, cars have been growing longer and wider in a phenomenon known as “autobesity”.

There is growing debate about car size and road safety, after two eight-year-old girls, Selena Lau and Nuria Sajjad, died when a Land Rover crashed through a school fence in south-west London in July.

The research also revealed that 27 models are too wide for drivers to comfortably open their doors when parked between two other cars.

The Land Rover Discovery measures 2.073 metres wide, leaving a narrow 16.35cm space between the doors and the bay’s borders.

Often nicknamed “Chelsea tractors”, their use in city centres has long been criticised, with some road safety campaigners calling for them to be banned in busy pedestrian areas.

Campaigners have questioned why drivers need such large and dangerous cars in the city, particularly when dropping children off at school, with some going to extreme measures to get their message across.

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I'm not surprised. Having driven there last year during my vacation trip, I thought the whole road infrastructure to be extremely small and tight compared to anywhere else.

It's like they built their infrastructure with the original Mini in mind.

Cars nowadays have a bunch of new safety features that make them bigger and they can't fit anywhere.