Problem is it’s much easier to have someone just take a measuring tape to a car when ticketing and get the length.
You can get the footprint, sure, but you have to ensure you measure from the same point twice, and that you’re pretty much perfectly perpendicular.
You could also have a database of makes and models but then you have to have somebody set up and maintain the database and that causes all sorts of headaches
Nah, square footage instead of length.
Cubic feet would be better, especially as taller vehicles are more dangerous to pedestrians.
Ah yeah, that’s more accurate to what I was thinking
Length × Width × Hood Height then?
That’s how we get double decker cars lol
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.
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Problem is it’s much easier to have someone just take a measuring tape to a car when ticketing and get the length. You can get the footprint, sure, but you have to ensure you measure from the same point twice, and that you’re pretty much perfectly perpendicular. You could also have a database of makes and models but then you have to have somebody set up and maintain the database and that causes all sorts of headaches
That’s how we got camelback houses with more floors in the back than in the front. Measuring just length will make the cars fat.