NCP has widened spaces in Manchester, Bournemouth, London and Birmingham to accommodate sports utility vehicles RUI VIEIRA/PACar parks are having to redesign the size of spaces to accommodate 4x4s as Britain’s love affair with big cars is causing an epidemic of parking accidents. National Car Parks (NCP), the biggest private car park operator in Britain, says it is widening bays to “allow for easier use for bigger vehicles” as new figures show that car park collisions are up by more than a third in two years. The move is triggering a backlash among owners of smaller cars who resent the reduction in the number of spaces to accommodate cumbersome sports utility vehicles (SUVs). A spokeswoman for NCP said: “We are moving towards making the bays wider as we recognise that vehicles are growing in size, especially SUVs. “Going forward, it is…

Source: The Times November 21, 2016 00:05 UTC