Are you a parent and child parking space ペテン師? Shocking number of drivers 乱用 支配するs
- Over a ４半期/4分の1 use 'parent and child' bays when they have no kids with them
- Two in five parents say they struggle find a 空いている 指定するd space as a result?
A staggering 百分率 of 運転者s have 認める to breaking one of the biggest car park 支配するs there is in a shocking new 投票.
Over a ４半期/4分の1 (28 per cent) of drivers 調査するd say they use 'parent and child' bays when they don't have a kid in the car with them.
This then explains why nearly two fifths of parents struggle to find one of the spaces 空いている when visiting busy car parks, such as those at supermarkets and shopping centres.
Parent and child parking spaces are 一般に 配分するd only to drivers with children under the age of 12 and ーするつもりである to take their kids into shops with them
A new 熟考する／考慮する carried out by 保険会社 Churchill questioned 2,000 drivers and an 付加?500 parents of children under 14 and 542 with children 老年の from 無 to six about their parking habits and experiences.
Some 37 per cent?of those with young children say they've been 軍隊d to park in 基準 sized parking bays 予定 to all the 指定するd spaces 存在 taken up - and 直面するd difficulty because 基準 parking spaces are too 狭くする to get 幼児s in and out with 緩和する.
How much bigger is a parent and child bay?
伝統的な parking space in a car park:?2.4 metres wide (4.8m long)?
Parent and child parking space: 3.4 metres wide (4.8m long)?
A 基準-size parking bay (4.8 metres long and 2.4 metres wide) only leaves around 30cm to 出口 a car, which for those using car seats for newborn babies, which can be 除去するd from the 乗り物, is on 普通の／平均（する） 17cm too small.?
'Parent and child' parking bays not only have the 利益 of 存在 位置を示すd closer to building 入り口s, they 申し込む／申し出 an 普通の／平均（する） of 120cm extra space between bays, which gives drivers a total of 150cm of room to park and get in and out of their 乗り物 安全に.
支配するs dictate that?the 指定するd bays are only for use by parents or 後見人s who are taking a child under 12 into the shop with them.
However, it seems a shocking number of 運転者s are willing to 乱用 the 対策 in place by parking in one without having a child with them at all.?
The 報告（する）／憶測 comes in the wake of news that five 地元の 会議s are now 施行するing length 制限s on モーターs that can use their public car parks.
Wokingham, South Hams, Broadland and South Norfolk, and West Devon all have in place a 制限 of 5 metres, Autocar 設立する in a 最近の 調査.
Cars 含むing the Audi A8 and Kia's electric EV9 SUV 越える this 制限 and are therefore みなすd 'unparkable', as is the 最新の 範囲 Rover and both the Tesla Model S and Model X EVs.
Thurrock 会議 課すs a わずかに more lenient length 制限 of 5.35 metres, which means owners of BMW's 7 Series (5,319mm) and Land Rover's Defender 130 (5,358mm) will be 罰金d if they use these 当局-ran car parks.
高さ and 負わせる 制限s are also in place in these and other 会議-operated car parks.
A parent and child bay is usually the same width as a 従来の parking space (2.4 metres) but with an 普通の／平均（する） of an extra 1.2 metres in 付加 space to 許す for drivers to open doors for 平易な 接近 to child car seats and booster seats
This follows さまざまな 報告（する）／憶測s of Britain's parking bay dimensions 存在 out of date, with the 1970s 規則s no longer suitable for the bigger 乗り物s sold in showrooms today.?
Of the 287 地元の 当局 that 答える／応じるd to the car magazine's freedom of （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） request this year, 91.8 per cent said they have no 意向 of 増加するing the size of their 会議-run car parking spaces to 融通する today's much larger モーターs.
For parents of toddlers, using 後部 直面するing and/or 回転／交替ing car seats, the space 利用できる in a 基準 car parking space is 簡単に not 十分な to open the door to fully to 補助装置 解除するing children 安全に in and out.?
Seven in ten (71 per cent) parents who 運動 say they have struggled to get their child into their car seat because there wasn't enough space, with 44 per cent 説 they were 直面するd with the challenge on at least a 月毎の basis.
Alarmingly, one in four (23 per cent) parents with children 老年の 14 and under often have to let their kids get out of the car before they can park in a space 予定 to a 欠如（する） of room.?
One in five (18 per cent) parents of children 老年の under six have had to leave the car seat in the 乗り物 as they were unable to get it out, whilst a その上の 17 per cent said they have 傷つける themselves in the past whilst trying to 除去する a car seat in a car park.
How cars have got wider and longer?
| Make/Model | Length in 2018 | Length today | 増加する |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peugeot 208 | 3,475mm | 4,055mm | 580mm |
| Toyota Yaris | 3,495mm | 3,940mm | 445mm |
| Mazda 3 | 4,060mm | 4,460mm | 400mm |
| BMW 7 Series | 5,098mm | 5,391mm | 293mm |
| Mercedes A-Class | 4,299mm | 4,419mm | 120mm |
| BMW 2 Series | 4,432mm | 4,537mm | 105mm |
| Peugeot 3008 | 4,447mm | 4,542mm | 95mm |
| Mercedes C-Class | 4,686mm | 4,751mm | 65mm |
| Toyota Prius | 4,540mm | 4,599mm | 59mm |
| 範囲 Rover | 4,999mm | 5,052mm | 53mm |
| Volkswagen Tiguan | 4,486mm | 4,539mm | 53mm |
| Source: Autocar? | ? | ? | ? |
Scratches and dents from car park dings are 高くつく／犠牲の大きい
運転者s with kids 存在 unable to use parent and child bays isn't just inconvenient, it can be 高くつく／犠牲の大きい.
存在 軍隊d to park in tighter 基準-size bays can often result in dings and scratches to both the driver's and 隣人ing 乗り物s.?
This 損失 is costing UK 運転者s an 普通の／平均（する） of £223.50 to 修理, the 保険会社 calculated.?
Nearly one in ten (nine per cent) parents 調査するd 報告（する）／憶測d having 損失d their own 乗り物 試みる／企てるing to 除去する a car seat, with a その上の ten per cent admitting to 損失ing the 乗り物 next to them.
With 事例／患者s rising as a result of the 最新の モーターs 存在 bigger than ever, 損失 （人命などを）奪う，主張するs are yet another 緊張する on the 普通の／平均（する） cost of 賞与金s for all drivers.?
Nicholas Mantel, 長，率いる of Churchill モーター 保険, said: 'Parents will be all-too familiar with having to 運動 countless 宙返り飛行s of a car park to find an 利用できる parent and child bay, only to see that the already 限られた／立憲的な spaces have been taken by those without kids.?
'The squeeze 直面するd by parents as a result of 広げるing cars and parking bays that 港／避難所't been redesigned to 融通する today's models 特に 衝撃s those with newborn baby seats who need 付加 space to get babies out of their cars.?
'Misusing parent and child bays not only inconveniences parents who genuinely need them, it can also result in a hefty Parking 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 Notice.'
How to quickly check the dimensions of your car?
If you don't want to go outside with a tape 手段, there's an 平易な way to find out the dimensions of your car.
Website Parkers has a car specs checker, which 許すs you to enter your n umber plate and it will 供給する all the specifications for your particular model.
This 含むs dimensions in section 3, which tells you the length, width (with the wing mirrors out) and 高さ of your car in millimetres.?
