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minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoEverywhere we should start changing parking charges to “by the foot”. The longer your car is the more you need to pay. That will incentivize smaller, safer cars for people that don’t really have any need for something big.
minus-squareBassaForte@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoNah, square footage instead of length.
minus-squareIndefiniteBen@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoCubic feet would be better, especially as taller vehicles are more dangerous to pedestrians.
minus-squarefilister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoLet’s ban archaic units like feet and stick with cubic meter. Plus there are vans, so the more accurate metric would be a cubic meter per passenger.
minus-squareIndefiniteBen@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoOh yeah I’d prefer metric, but I was just being consistent with the thread, as the actual units are somewhat beside my point. Now to find why I didn’t get a notification for this reply…
Everywhere we should start changing parking charges to “by the foot”. The longer your car is the more you need to pay. That will incentivize smaller, safer cars for people that don’t really have any need for something big.
Nah, square footage instead of length.
Cubic feet would be better, especially as taller vehicles are more dangerous to pedestrians.
Length × Width × Hood Height then?
Let’s ban archaic units like feet and stick with cubic meter.
Plus there are vans, so the more accurate metric would be a cubic meter per passenger.
Oh yeah I’d prefer metric, but I was just being consistent with the thread, as the actual units are somewhat beside my point.
Now to find why I didn’t get a notification for this reply…