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While this is mostly about parking issues, the part that stood out most to me in this is:

A study published in the Journal of Safety Research last year found that children were eight times more likely to die when struck by an SUV than those struck by a passenger car.

Eight times! To me, that's insane. Even if it were 50% that would be very bad, but this is 700% more!

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I have a modest proposal: If a car is too big for a standard parking spot, it gets marked on the licence plate. It then is not allowed to park on standard parking spots as it's too big for them. Cities and companies are allowed to create bigger parking spots where such cars are allowed to park.

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cities, no, that's public funds.

Companies, yes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, if Telsa can fund its own charger network, the BMW can fund its own car parks if it wants to make oversized vehicles.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I'd rather just ban them, but your proposal is more likely to be accepted.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

charge them double.