Some here (not me of course, oh no) might find an amusing irony in the BMW spokesman saying "Drivers simply have to be more courteous".
When I first got the S60 I was acutely conscious of its extra width compared with my old 9-3. I'd always found that easy to drive in town because it was relatively narrow for a big car. I've had time to get used to the S60 since then and the width no longer bothers me.
What the article doesn't mention - except indirectly through Mr BMW - is that there seems to be an increasing reluctance among urban drivers to wait for a gap in oncoming traffic before pulling out to pass a stationary obstruction on their own side of the road. Combine that with reduced space because of wider cars (both moving and parked) and accidents become more likely.
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