“In Essen, fire trucks could only reach a burning house at a walking pace because of parked cars. According to the fire brigade, this is not an isolated case.” [Source in German](https://www.waz.de/staedte/essen/feuerwehr-klagt-parkende-autos-behindern-einsaetze-id237782095.html)
We have the same issue in our yard, I hope if there’s a fire here all the people are available to move their cars quickly.
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“The ambulances could only approach the fire site at a walking pace, the ladder car did not get through at all: What the fire brigade experienced on Tuesday evening during an operation on the Goldammerweg in Stadtwald is not a regrettable isolated case. Again and again, incorrectly or carelessly parked cars hinder the emergency services. This time it went smoothly.
When the fire trucks reached the burning residential building around 6.30 p.m., the residents had already saved themselves outdoors. At the back of the house, high flames were already beating from the broken windows. The fire brigade was able to extinguish the fire. A married couple was taken to a hospital with suspicion of smoke poisoning.”
Yes this is a bigger problem. Germany has many historic cities with small streets. Big trucks sometimes can’t get through. That’s especially bad if it’s fire trucks. Also some people just don’t know how to park.
But what is your point or your question here?
There are way too many cars on the road, and modern cars are getting bigger. A typical family car these days is about the same size as a small delivery van in the 1990s. Problems are caused by cars parked either badly, or illegally (cars parked too close to bends in the road, for example), and it’s getting worse.