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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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