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In Germany it’s a trend to park on the road (not just one car, but the whole street) in towns and cities, so one constantly has to wait for upcoming traffic to go on. What was once a temporary spot at most, where you had to turn on warning lights, is now standard. Not sure when this became legal or if it’s just overlooked because there are too many cars in this fucking country and we need to fit them somewhere.
It is certainly a very mild concern compared to other growing trends in Germany but just one that came to my mind that no one is talking about.
The number of registered cars has risen considerably, even in the last 10 years or so, and cars are getting increasingly bigger. IIRC registered cars in Berlin for instance has risen from 1.2 to 1.4 m in the last decade or so without the city expanding or gaining any meaningful parking space. Law enforcement is typically fundamentally carbrained, so they are lenient on such violations, thinking you can't punish the poor people who have to park their car somewhere. With modern technologies it could be battled quite effectively, but it's simply not politically desired in the Autoland. Instead, privacy and bureaucratic overload are made up as excuses on how it's impossible to get a hold of it.
I think it goes past mildly on the concern scale. Car centricity in German cities already starkly reduces the quality of life there, and we still haven't even collectively recognised it as a problem, instead it is still getting worse in 2023.
Cities like Berlin need to drastically decrease available parking and invest tons in public transport and bicycle infrastructure. The status quo feels like living in a 19th century industrial town, it’s disgusting.