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22 March 2013 Last updated at 00:13 Help Have you ever driven through a city centre and spent ages looking for somewhere to park?
In many urban areas, there simply isn’t enough space for all the cars that people want to use.
And it doesn’t just create parking problems – it also means inevitable traffic jams.
As part of the BBC’s What If? season, Theo Leggett has been looking at high-tech solutions to traffic problems, including a car that folds itself to fit in a smaller space.
Source and video report here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21882453Don’t leave your cup of coffee on the dashboard!
I can see lots of problems for commercial success and it’s too radical so needs a new parking infrastructure in place. You can’t just park nose-to-kerb because you need to make the car normal size to get out again, which means blocking the road while you ‘stretch’ back into a normal car shape again.
Don’t leave your cup of coffee on the dashboard!
I can see lots of problems for commercial success and it’s too radical so needs a new parking infrastructure in place. You can’t just park nose-to-kerb because you need to make the car normal size to get out again, which means blocking the road while you ‘stretch’ back into a normal car shape again.
That thought struck me too.
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