Too heavy a burden? SUVs and the legal basis for size and weight-based parking charges in the UK

Heavy, oversized cars pose a threat to other road users, the environment and urban spaces, and yet the number of such cars on the roads is growing.
Policymakers across Europe are increasingly waking up to this threat and introducing size and weight-based parking charges in their towns and cities.
Councils in the UK are well-placed to introduce such measures, benefitting from a legal regime which encourages them to consider the interests of the local population and of other road users when locating and charging for parking spaces.