Parisians have approved a steep rise in parking rate for SUVs in the French capital.
  • Knusper@feddit.deEnglish
    25·
    10 months ago

    Awesome, I hope this catches on, or at least serves as a tiny argument why egoists might not want to buy SUVs.
    In our small town, you practically can’t park an SUV on most parking spaces without reaching into the also-far-too-narrow sidewalk or street, but law enforcement is far too lenient for the egoists to care.

  • taanegl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    10 months ago

    John now regretted moving to France and starting his car rental company for American tourists, specifically catered to cross polinate traffic protestors across the continents. “Liberty Convoy Services” was now in shambles.

  • ebikefolder@feddit.deEnglish
    71·
    10 months ago

    What counts as an SUV? Suzuki LJ80? Lada Niva? Parking those costs more than parking a Rolls Royce Phantom or Lincoln Continental?

    • Shadow@lemmy.caEnglish
      511·
      10 months ago

      The prices will apply to vehicles weighing more than 1.6 tonnes with a combustion engine or hybrid vehicles, and more than 2 tonnes for electric vehicles. The move will not apply to Paris residents’ parking.

      So sounds like it’s weight based, which makes sense I think

        • gian @lemmy.grys.itEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          Right, just until you realize that 1.6 tons for a ICE car is basically a medium size car (my Scenic score 1.4 tons for example) and 2 tons exclude a lot of electric cars (for example 3 out of 4 Tesla)

      • rumschlumpel@feddit.deEnglish
        10·
        10 months ago

        Wouldn’t it make more sense to base it on length and width? I’d assume there’s already various taxes on fuel consumption, but in parking, length and width are what actually matters.

      • gian @lemmy.grys.itEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Since they say that the SUVs are “bad for the environment” I would have used the engine displacement or power.