jafffacakelemmy

For the same reason that cars with engine sizes above 2-litres are rare, and always have been rare - petrol is more expensive. Automatics used more fuel, so they were only standard on high-end jaguars, mercedes, etc. Simple as that.

we need car parks with height barriers that exclude the suv’s. people in range rover sports SUVs worth 80k aren’t worried by an extra tenner on the parking fee. now imagine their ‘car’ won’t fit…

It’d be called ‘obstructing traffic’. Police sometimes grab boy-racers along the sea-front near my home for it. There’s no specific law saying you can’t wait at a T-junction indefinitely, and i usually get stuck behind the ones that do. :-(

Yes, it’s nonsense. In 2050 if they aren’t carbon neutral, they haven’t broken any laws so there’ll be no punishment. So why not announce lofty goals?