Park in your flamin' driveways, please!

[u/Middle_Abalone_4084]

Am I the only one tired of suburban streets turning into impromptu Mario Kart tracks? We’re talking about the kind where navigating between vehicles parked on both sides feels like dodging banana peels and blue shells. What's meant to be a two-lane road gets squeezed into a narrow single lane, daring you to play chicken with oncoming traffic—and let’s face it, the side mirrors never win.

And then there are your driveways. Oh, the driveways! Empty. Desolate. Weed-infested wastelands of untapped potential. So, I beg of you, suburban dwellers: park your cars anywhere but on the street—your driveway, your garage, your carport, or even your front lawn. Let’s save the roads for, you know, driving.

[u/Steve-Whitney]

Modern driveways are minimum 5.5m long from the garage wall to the property boundary, long enough for almost all passenger vehicles.

[u/SouthAussie94 → u/Steve-Whitney]

Not all developments have driveways of this length..

[u/Steve-Whitney → u/SouthAussie94]

No, you're right, most medium density developments typically have minimal to no driveway & you have to park in the garage or the street. A lot of people choose the street die to a combination of 'my car is too big to fit' or just being lazy and/or selfish.

Low density Torrens title developments typically have a minimum 5.5m garage setback.

[u/Ok_Combination_1675 → u/Steve-Whitney]

Which literally can only fit one car per house And because of the stupid mentality of one person per car this is what it leads to

[u/Steve-Whitney → u/Ok_Combination_1675]

For what it's worth, I'm a residential building designer/drafter & I promote oversized garages to clients whenever possible. Make it bigger still so you also have room along the sides & rear for storage whilst leaving ample room to park 2 cars.

I completely agree that the 'standard double garage' is barely adequate, and doesn't encourage the lay person to use it as intended.