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South Australia proposes law for bigger garages to stop street parking being ‘overrun’ with SUVs (www.theguardian.com)
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Well, I guess that's one way to solve the problem 🙄

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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Exactly. That is the only solution!

In no way would it be better to rule that cars need to become regular-sized again. Imagine, not having two steps at your door to enter the vehicle, or not sitting as high as long-haul truck drivers!

If the car does not need a minimum of 1.8 parking spaces, it is too small!

[–] Damionsipher@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This policy is at the state level and states do not have jurisdiction over vehicle standards. Vehicle standards are regulated by the national government, so this is more of an addressing the symptom of an issue the state has no control over the cause of. That doesn't mean it's not ridiculous that garage size regulations are what's changing, but let's cast share where it's due.

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't know the Australian constitution, but I'm guessing there's nothing in there that obliges states to accommodate stupid decisions by national government?

[–] Damionsipher@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I don't know the Australian constitution or legal structure either, but as vehicle regulations are set by the feds thes states still need to deal with the repercussions. They could do nothing instead, but they have no power to reduce vehicle sizes. A better approach might be to get rid of parking requirements altogether. But, that's more likely to be political suicide for the elected officials than to spur on a broader anti-car sentiment, especially given the rural nature of the state.

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I like the hallway to one room

[–] CTDummy@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Not even big on the fuckcars movement and still I think just ban the fucking things. Most of em aren’t even owned by people who use utes for work. Practically every tradie I know has snap ons. These things are owned by fuckwits with too much money wanting to LARP as blue collar workers.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago

🤦

[–] blackluster117@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

This reminds me of an old joke where there's a pothole in the street causing major accidents, and the solution is to move the pothole in front of the hospital so that people can get medical care more quickly.

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

Absolutely amazing that vehicle safety standards can be regulated, but not vehicle sizes.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I can appreciate forcing large car owners to stop externalizing their problems. There's more to do, but this is a good move. Not the final move, not the best move, just a good move.