Rejected petition Change the law to set a legal minimum size for all car parking bays

There is no legal minimum bay size and only "guidance" appears to be set by local councils. This has led to a number of issues affecting drivers including:
-Inappropriate bays "squeezed in" to meet planning requirements
-PCN fines despite the bay size not fit-for-purpose
-Avoidable vehicle damage

More details

Planning regulations often require a certain quantity of parking spaces but while they may also set sizing guidance, they do not enforce this quality (i.e. size) http://bit.ly/2mpKq0P

Which means car park operators issue fines because visually a car may appear to be breaking the rules, despite the fact that the bay itself does not meet the minimum guidance http://bit.ly/2mXiIvk

Car parking incidents now account for more than 30% of all accidents totalling £1.4bn per year http://bit.ly/2n7t6kH

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/178511

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Date submitted 14 March 2017
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