Proposals for bigger cars to pay more for parking.

[Milkyway]

It's going to cost a few quid to repaint all those parking bays though.

BBC News - Should you pay more for parking if you have a big car? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx28wr7lge1o

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 2nd December 07:24

[Mandat]

Some London councils already charge more based on co2 emissions.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Loving Nev's quote in that news article - "I think it's a load of crap,” Nev says.

[CanAm]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Loving Nev's quote in that news article - "I think it's a load of crap,” Nev says.

Or Ms A, who is a single mum and drives an SUV, says parking in London is already expensive, and the prospect of paying more for residential parking is something that she couldn’t afford.

“I disagree because I have a child so I do have to have a bigger car”

When our first born came along, my wife and I had a Peugeot 104ZS, and you don't get much smaller than that.

[Milkyway]

I don't think I've ever seen a G-Wizz in the flesh... Should have parked it next to that Hummer for the max comical effect.

We coped with three kids & a double buggy in a 205.

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 2nd December 09:30

[Andy86GT]

It would be perfectly reasonable to pay more for a bigger space, but I don't think that's what's intended in a typically socialist way. Unless I'm mistaken, they are simply suggesting paying more for existing parking.
In fact I'd happily pay more for a bigger space for a standard sized car to reduce the risk of a door ding.

[otolith]

For car parks, I don't think it would be unreasonable to have different sized spaces with different tariffs. They would need to do the thing some car parks do and put gaps between the lines (so you can't cram a wide car between lines which are spaced to include door opening space), do it in zones, and ticket people who park over the lines.

On-street parking appears to have morphed from schemes intended to provide space to residents into profit centres intended to rook residents. Adding additional measures intended to achieve socio-political or environmental objectives seems like further scope creep.

I think people who park half a car length away from the end of the on-road parking area should be kicked in the balls. Also Deliveroo moped riders who plonk it in the middle of a space which would fit a car and a bike.

[RazerSauber]

Or tax larger cars more? Might stop people buying huge Range Rovers that they don't need.

Wish the UK had a sort of Kei Car thing. Cheaper tax, tolls and parking or whatever for small cars. Might encourage people to buy them.

[mfp4073]

RazerSauber said:

Or tax larger cars more? Might stop people buying huge Range Rovers that they don't need.

Wish the UK had a sort of Kei Car thing. Cheaper tax, tolls and parking or whatever for small cars. Might encourage people to buy them.

Oh dear….if that happens do you really think the Government would be happy ? do really believe they wouldn’t then tax the hell out of small cars to make up the short fall?

[350Matt]

I would heartlly applaud any move back to smaller lighter vehicles

the average car weight these days must be about 1700kg

its not unusual to see a car launched these days with its weight figure starting with a '2'