4wd parking

Evan,

I wonder if the Pollies know that a Suzuki Jimny is a 4wd.

Like you say "a quite day"

A northern suburb of Sydney wanted to do the same, but that has not happened.

Wayne

Hmmm...... I could understand it if you took up more than one 'standard' parking spot ( full size Hummer etc) but I have'nt seen any Cruisers/Patrols taking up more than 1 spot. I 've seen a few HSV/FPV owners park their vehicles across two spots though :))))

p.s. Your link does'nt seem to work ??????

"Apparently? Do you mean they don't actually know?

I think these pollies are full of chit!

Commodore W/Base 2915mm - Landcruiser 100 2850mm - Hummer H3 2842mm
Commodore F/Track 1592mm - Landcruiser 100 1620mm - Hummer H3 1651mm
Commodore R/Track 1608mm - Landcruiser 100 1615mm - Hummer H3 1664mm

So the Commodore has a much longer wheelbase than either the Cruiser or Hummer H3.

The Hummer H3 has a 2 inch wider track at front and 3 inch wider track at rear.
Like WOW.

I did this research in 5 minutes at absolutely no cost to the Australian Taxpayer.

Wonder how much HER inacurate perception cost us?

Fair Dinkum. How do they maintain there votes?

Who ever thought up that one thinks that 4WDs have 4 wheels, so they take up more space than 2WDs that only have 2 wheels.

So should we also charge moe for politicians that take up more space than they need to. Or is that waste more space than they should?

I parked next to a Mercedes the other day and it hung well over the end of the parking bay that my 4x4 fitted into neatly. So who should pay more?

Hi Evan et al,

It's not Pollies, it's Allannah Mc Stuff-up and as a politician she ain't no more use than tits on a bull even when she is sober.

Perhaps it's a devious scheme to help pay for the railway line Perth to Mandurah.

You know .....Drive to the rail transfer station so you do not clog up the streets, use 100litres of fuel driving round the car park looking for a spot big enough to park your massively oversize Yota San Disco, pay through the nose for the privelege of having your pride and joy either removed or damaged by the local low life then board a train without a ticket coz the bloody ticket machine is out of order. To top it off you then get pinged for not having a valid ticket (no excuses accepted) and your fine goes to help pay for the over run costs on the railway.

Doesn't it sound logical!!

Cheers

Disco

Gday All

How they come up with so narrow a view is beyond me - hey, lets park all of the little cars with one person in them close to the facility, while poor mum in her larger car has to deal with the longer walk in the carpark exposing the 3 kids that won't fit in the small car to more danger, not to mention what she will go through with the kids, a pram, and the weeks shopping. This woman is a drongo.

She contradicts by stating she wants to positively reward drivers of smller cars, however there is no mention of reducing parking costs for buzz boxes, but increasing the charge for the larger cars.....reward by default!

I like the way she has been thinking about this for some time, must be pretty sharp if this is the result of 'some time'. How about reducing rego's and stamp duty so it is more viable to have an extra car so you can choose the vehicle to most suit the needs on the day.

The fella from the Road Safety council seems to speak some sense -
“Our main concern isn’t the vehicle, our main concern is who is hanging on to the steering wheel,” he said. “You could drive a tank along a road and you wouldn’t kill anyone if you had the right attitude. It’s not the vehicles, it’s the drivers.”

Thankfully I live in a rural area for now, but I'll have to deal with a city sooner or later....

Cheers Andrew

Here you go people .. email her and let her know what you think :)

Site Link

Wonder if Harold Scruby has got something to do with this?
Bring on the H3!

Copy of email just sent to the right honerable member....

Alannah, please tell me you have thought a little harder about this topic than to just say 4WD's should be charged more for parking.

Are you aware that Toyota Tarago, Chrysler voyager, Honda odyssey and other "people movers" are just as big, if not bigger than a Toyota Landcruiser or Nissan patrol.

Also, after a tragic accident in NSW where a youngster was backed over by a mum driving a 4WD, the NRMA tested many vehicles for rearward view and found ALL PEOPLE MOVERS of ANY MAKE are far worse than Landcruiser or Patrol, and also in the "very poor" category are Commodore wagon, Falcon wagon and many other common vehicles.

Common sense is not at hand here!

Some research into this topic, rather than personal dislike, should be put up for debate.

Sure, you will very easily find people who dislike 4WD's who will agree with you, just like you will find many people who have a dislike for politicians, and people who have a dislike for Lawyers. Personal dislike is no reason to discriminate against myself and others who choose for what ever reason to own a 4WD.

Personally I would like to ask why old cars are not subject to compulsory inspection. I believe this would rid our streets of dangerous un-roadworthy vehicles and would be far more beneficial to the city of Perth than making me pay more for parking.

Regards,

Murray Dewar