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It's TIME to Ask BC FERRIES to Get SMART

It's TIME to Ask BC FERRIES to Get SMART

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Started by Anonymous 17 years, 11 months ago
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED ARE PETITIONING BRITISH COLUMBIA FERRY SERVICES INC. to please support the green vehicle movement here on Vancouver Island and elsewhere in Canada by including Smart Cars under the same half price tariff as currently exists for motorcycle traffic because the Smart Car is the only sub-compact 4-wheeled vehicle that fits within a 3-metre space. Anyone who is a Smart Car owner will have been asked, at least once, "Where's the other half of your car" Smart Car owners, being the eco-friendly people they generally are, will be happy to answer this question, and usually by the time they finish "answering" will have convinced the individual asking that they should also be a Smart Car owner. The problem that Smart Car owners living on Vancouver Island or on the BC Mainland face if they often frequent BC Ferries, is that even though you can easily park TWO Smart Cars in the same 20' space allotted for "regular" length vehicles, and still have some 4.5' left over, rather than charging Smart Car owners 1/2 price, which is the same price as motorcycles, which are often larger than a Smart Car because the motorcycle tariff includes both sidecars AND trailers, Smart Car owners are still being charged for a 20' space. This outdated tariff is also unfair to regular length vehicles as well, because the regular length vehicle parking behind the Smart Car is actually paying AGAIN for the some 11 feet the Smart Car owner already paid for, but doesn't fill up. If you are a regular length vehicle owner, do you think it's fair that you are paying BC Ferries again for some 11 feet of a space already paid for by the Smart Car owner in front of you If you are a Smart Car owner, do you think it's fair that even though you have made a visible effort by choosing to drive a green vehicle that has a much smaller footprint and thus impacts much less negatively on our environment, that your efforts should be ignored by BC Ferries The City of Victoria and other cities in Canada acknowledge the efforts of Smart Car owners by providing 1/2 size, green parking stalls to accommodate vehicles no longer than 3 metres. So far, no other small vehicle (other than some motorcycles w/o a trailer) fits into this very small category. If you think that it's time that BC Ferries got Smart, please sign our petition. It's good for all drivers AND it's a smart move for the environment.

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Reached 100 supporters

September 27, 2011

11 Comments

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Anonymous
10 years ago Featured

how can there not be a reduced price for a vehicle that is 1/2 the size of standard vehicle length

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Ian Hammocks
12 years ago Featured

Maybe we should find a way to regenerate more interest in this and other topics. I have just become the new owner of a 2008 fourtwo - loving it.

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Mike Webster
17 years ago Featured

Ridiculous pricing. 2014 smart owner here

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Sarah Jensen
17 years ago Featured

been paying full price for years and it just feels wrong. we definitely need a sub-compact category

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Dave Weber
17 years ago Featured

makes total sense. my smart car takes up way less room than those massive trucks that get charged the same amount. sort it out bc ferries!

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Jennifer Snyder
17 years ago Featured

they fit in the tiny spots no one else wants anyway. please update the policy soon.

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Chris Horsley
9 years ago

2011 Smart Car Owner

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S Vogler
10 years ago

get with it bc ferries!!!!

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