A Florida woman was fined over $100,000 after city officials ruled that one car in her driveway slightly encroached on grass, violating a local ordinance.
That’s shitty. In my town we aren’t allowed to park on the “yard” like in that town but here all she would have had to do is put a strip of gravel where the tire ran over and it’s legal.
But if it’s a four car driveway and they have four cars why don’t the cars fit?
Yeah, I wonder about this. I have a similar situation with a “2” car driveway where I must park within a foot to clear the sidewalk. It’s inconvenient since sometimes you need to rearrange cars and you can’t be at all sloppy with parking.
I might have to park one car on the grass if I didn’t want to be inconvenienced by rearranging cars, if I couldn’t park closely, or if I had larger vehicles.
I’ve had some people complain about not being able to easily park a large car which made me want to ask why they are driving such a high-difficulty car if their driving skill is low.
They get wider, on average, up to the limits of the roadways. It’s likely that they would’ve been fine if they had compact cars, or the typical cars of 20 years ago.
Average vehicle width in the US increased from 73.4 inches in 2003 to 77.1 inches in 2023.
Ford Explorer: The 2005 model had front/rear track widths of 60.9/61.3 inches while the 2025 model has 66.9 inches for both front and rear track width. An increase of about 6 inches front and 5.6 inches rear.
Chevrolet Tahoe: Overall vehicle width increased from 78.9 inches in 2005 to 81.0 inches in 2025 which suggests track width along with it, although not spending more time searching specs.
That’s shitty. In my town we aren’t allowed to park on the “yard” like in that town but here all she would have had to do is put a strip of gravel where the tire ran over and it’s legal.
But if it’s a four car driveway and they have four cars why don’t the cars fit?
Because American cars get more massive each year.
Yeah, I wonder about this. I have a similar situation with a “2” car driveway where I must park within a foot to clear the sidewalk. It’s inconvenient since sometimes you need to rearrange cars and you can’t be at all sloppy with parking.
I might have to park one car on the grass if I didn’t want to be inconvenienced by rearranging cars, if I couldn’t park closely, or if I had larger vehicles.
They don’t get wider. They have to fit in the same lanes that were there 30 years ago. They’ve only gotten longer and taller
Vehicles are getting wider too:
https://www.carsized.com/en-us/cars/compare/toyota-corolla-2004-5-door-hatchback-vs-toyota-corolla-2018-5-door-hatchback/front/
https://www.carsized.com/en-us/cars/compare/ford-explorer-2005-suv-vs-ford-explorer-2019-suv/front/
https://www.carsized.com/en-us/cars/compare/honda-civic-2005-sedan-vs-honda-civic-2021-sedan/front/
I’ve had some people complain about not being able to easily park a large car which made me want to ask why they are driving such a high-difficulty car if their driving skill is low.
They get wider, on average, up to the limits of the roadways. It’s likely that they would’ve been fine if they had compact cars, or the typical cars of 20 years ago.
False. The track width of SUVs hasn’t changed in 20+ years.
edit: aww, some people don’t know how to look at spec sheets.
edit again: oops, I’m wrong.
Actually…your info may be false.
https://www.motor1.com/news/707996/vehicles-larger-than-ever-usa-europe/
Average vehicle width in the US increased from 73.4 inches in 2003 to 77.1 inches in 2023.
Ford Explorer: The 2005 model had front/rear track widths of 60.9/61.3 inches while the 2025 model has 66.9 inches for both front and rear track width. An increase of about 6 inches front and 5.6 inches rear.
Chevrolet Tahoe: Overall vehicle width increased from 78.9 inches in 2005 to 81.0 inches in 2025 which suggests track width along with it, although not spending more time searching specs.
My bad. Good research.
Track width isn’t relevant, vehicle width is.
So just big-ass fenders sticking out over the wheels?
They hated him, for he spoke the truth
It’s almost like some houses are older than 20 years…
Yeah but ffs dude
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Oh. Well, that’s not really a “four car driveway” IMO
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I can guarantee you an HoA that fines slightly parking in the grass is gonna have some rule about not using gravel on your front lawn
The fines here are from the city
I’m certain they make them get signoff from neighbors, do an architectural application, and have it reviewed.
The minimum they’re likely to be able to get away with is repaving in whole or part and about 6 months to get the authorization.
it’s becoming damn near impossible to buy reasonably sized cars here anymore
They are the same size they have been for 20+ years
edit: oops, I’m wrong