A car parking space measures 4.8 x 2.4m

Many cars are now longer than a parking space however it’s the increasing width that’s really the big issue.I remember the days when, as a motorcyclist, I could easily filter through rows of stationary traffic – now I barely can, there’s insufficient space.

In 2019 with the growing pressure on our road infrastructure why are our cars getting wider and why are most of us ferrying 3 or 4 empty seats around with us on our daily commute?

A passing alien could only be amused to see our daily congestion being caused by our desire to transport 3 vacant seats around with us on every journey and then struggle to find, or pay through the nose, to park those seats for the day.

Roads are not going to get any bigger. Cars, that are getting wider, parked at the roadside are making the roadway narrower for wider cars such that what used to be a 2 way street with cars parked either side is now a single carriageway with congestion.

It’s time that personal transport became a lot smaller.